[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8298108: Add a regression test for JDK-8297684

Tue Apr 4 19:08:23 UTC 2023

On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 18:09:17 GMT, Andrew John Hughes <andrew at openjdk.org> wrote:

> It does seem that installing the provider in 8u is quite awkward. Is there no way to do it with just the JAR?

Agreed. I couldn't get it to work otherwise, though. The calendar providing jar needs to be in the `java.ext.dirs` list of directories **and** the jar have the service provider (via `ServiceLoader`).

> We should also probably reference [JDK-8298271](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8298271) in this PR to make it clear that the issue is also resolved for 8u (it was effectively "fixed" by not using a hardcoded path separator in the first place)

Done.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/269#issuecomment-1496461116
PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/269#issuecomment-1496461708