RFR: 8338696: (fs) BasicFileAttributes.creationTime() falls back to epoch if birth time is unavailable (Linux) [v2]

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:29:59 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> It should have as there was a behavioral change: creation time changed from last modified time to epoch when the birth time is not available.
>
> Fair enough.

> I guess is okay although I think I'd much prefer to decide this in the Java code. Maybe we can re-examine this again in the future.

This is addressed by [JDK-8341282](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8341282).

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20655#discussion_r1781905311