UTF-8 filename fix in jdk8 b73 - sun.jnu.encoding set to UTF-8 on Mac by 8003228 (was Re: File.exists() does not work on mac for non-English characters on Java 7 on Mac)

[Brent Christian]

Alan pretty much said it.

We have a fix in b73 of jdk8 that we're hoping will solve a lot of the 
remaining problems that people have seen in this area.

If we hear that people are having success with b73, that will make a 
strong case for backporting this fix into a jdk7 update.

So if you're in a position to give b73 a try, that would be a big help.

Thanks,
-Brent

On 1/23/13 1:05 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 22/01/2013 21:41, Steve Hannah wrote:
>> I just wanted to post my experiences with this bug.  I was having
>> trouble on OS X in both 1.7.0u11 and 1.7.0u12 with Japanese file names
>> (File.exists() erroneously returning false).
>>
> Can you try jdk8-b73 in your environment without the app bundle change
> and see if you still have an issue? Brent pushed a change to b73 that
> defaults the value of sun.jnu.encoding to UTF-8 on Mac and we think this
> should the issues that several folks on this list have reported. There
> are several other changes in this general area so rnning with the latest
> jdk8 build means a build with all the changes. I know Brent is planning
> on getting wider feedback from folks that are willing to try out jdk8
> builds. We need this before backports to jdk7u can be considered.