@run main/policy ignores system default java.policy

[Sean Mullan]

Also, I am working on a change where the java.security.policy== option 
will include the permissions granted to de-privileged modules [1]. So 
once that is in, you will be able to use the '==' option instead.

--Sean

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8159752


On 07/13/2016 03:59 AM, Mandy Chung wrote:
>
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Weijun Wang <weijun.wang at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/8/2016 19:34, Sean Mullan wrote:
>>>
>>> Use the new jtreg "java.security.policy=p" option. This will
>>> concatentate the specified policy with the configured system policy files.
>>
>> I've used this new option.
>>
>> However, it also picks up ~/.java.policy, which I believe will bring in some noise. Maybe jtreg can be enhanced to ignore ~/.java.policy?
>
> IMO it’s a configuration issue.  We should make sure ${java.home}/.java.policy is not present when running the regression tests.
>
> In addition, to ignore ${java.home}/.java.policy, it’s a change in the policy file I believe (not in jtreg).
>
> Mandy
>