RFR: 8225093: Special property jdk.boot.class.path.append should not default to empty string

[Serguei Spitsyn]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:33:29 GMT, Harold Seigel <hseigel at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this fix for JDK-8225093 to set the default value of property jdk.boot.class.path.append to NULL instead of "".  This fix was tested by running Mach5 tiers 1-2 on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows, and Mach5 tiers 3-5 on Linux x64.  The fix was also tested by running the agent.c example in JDK-8224791.
> 
> Thanks! Harold

Hi Harold,
The fix looks good to me.
Thanks,
Serguei

test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/BootClassAppendProp/GetBootClassPathAppendProp.java line 26:

> 24: /**
> 25:  * @test
> 26:  * @bug 8224791

The 8224791 has been closed. Should it be replaced with 8225093?

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Marked as reviewed by sspitsyn (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6868