[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8253702: BigSur version number reported as 10.16, should be 11.nn [v2]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:23:28 GMT, Olga Mikhaltsova <omikhaltcova at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I'd like to backport JDK-8253702 to jdk8u in order to fix the incorrect version detection for macOS.
>> 
>> The patch applied manually due to the location difference:
>> `src/java.base/macosx/native/libjava/java_props_macosx.c` (source)
>> `jdk/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_macosx.c` (destination)
>> But it's small and low risk. The changes are related only to one function `void setOSNameAndVersion(..)` within the single file. The patch is identical to the original one.
>> 
>> Tested with a simple test printing the OS version on macOS Big Sur:
>> 
>> public class Main {
>>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>>         System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.version"));
>>     }
>> }
>
> Olga Mikhaltsova has refreshed the contents of this pull request, and previous commits have been removed. Incremental views are not available. The pull request now contains one commit:
> 
>   Backport 66757750a2adf0739d0f5bf98a3f50a123b7adcf

Path changes only, marking as clean.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/125