RFR : JDK-8192953 - sun/management/jmxremote/bootstrap/*.sh tests fail with error : revokeall.exe: Permission denied

[mandy chung]

I think the right thing to do is to bite the bullet and fix the test 
properly.

In addition, this fix does not seem to work if there is no "open" directory.

Mandy

On 6/27/18 9:03 AM, Harsha Wardhana B wrote:
> That will be done subsequently and tracked under a different bug. Don't 
> you think pushing this fix is better than quarantining the tests?
> 
> Harsha
> 
> On Wednesday 27 June 2018 08:50 PM, mandy chung wrote:
>> I would suggest to take the time and replace it with java.nio.file API 
>> and remove revokeall.exe sooner rather than later.
>>
>> Mandy
>>
>> On 6/26/18 7:09 AM, Harsha Wardhana B wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Please find the fix for the bug,
>>>
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8192953
>>>
>>> having webrev at,
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hb/8192953/webrev.00/
>>>
>>> The fix grants execute permission for revokeall.exe. The paths in the 
>>> shell sciprt had to be converted to cygwin paths (/cygwin/c/... ) 
>>> from windows path (C:/...). Using windows path was causing strange 
>>> behavior in cygwin.
>>>
>>> revokeall.exe should be removed and the above tests need to be 
>>> refactored to use java.nio.Acl* APIs. That plan is in the near 
>>> future, and the current fix needs to go in to stop consistent 
>>> failures in Mach5.
>>>
>>> Please review the above patch and provide feedback if any.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Harsha
>>>
>