[9] RFR of 8129633: (fs) Investigate removing the GNOME-based FileTypeDetector from the Linux and Solaris implementations

[Chris Hegarty]

This looks like an accurate removal of Gnome VFS file type detection support.

-Chris.

On 6 Aug 2015, at 01:37, Brian Burkhalter <Brian.Burkhalter at oracle.com> wrote:

> Please review at your convenience.
> 
> Issue:	https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8129633
> Patch:	http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/8129633/
> 
> Summary:
> 
> From the GnomeFileTypeDetector used on Linux and Solaris remove the branch which probes using the GnomeVFS [1] abstraction layer which has been deprecated since 2008. The branch which probes using GIO [2] remains in place.
> 
> With this change the jdk_nio regression tests pass on the usual Linux and Solaris variants.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnomeVFS
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_%28software%29