RFR: 8006039 : test/tools/launcher/I18NJarTest.java fails on Mac w/ LANG=C, LC_ALL=C

[Naoto Sato]

Looks good. Thank you for fixing this.

Naoto

On 2/25/13 10:53 AM, Brent Christian wrote:
> On 2/22/13 10:22 AM, Naoto Sato wrote:
>> check not only "C" but also other locales that do not use UTF-8
>> encoding.
>
> I would like to make the test more robust (per 8008761), though my focus
> at the moment is to avoid a test failure on our automated test systems,
> which all use "C".
>
> I've made a note in 8008761 that we should check for other locales that
> do not use UTF-8.
>
>  > Also, "LC_ALL" precedes "LANG" environment variable, so I'd
>> check "LC_ALL" first, and if it is not exported then check "LANG"
>> variable.
>
> Good point - I'll check LC_ALL first.
>
> Updated webrev with re-ordered LC_ALL check (and "LC_ALL=" output
> change) is here:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8006039/webrev.01/
>
> Thanks,
> -Brent
>
>> On 2/21/13 4:34 PM, Brent Christian wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This test started failing after 8003228 [1] was putback (setting
>>> sun.jnu.encoding to UTF-8 on Mac).  It tests if java is able to launch a
>>> .jar stored in a directory named with two-byte characters.
>>>
>>> The code comments in the test case state that (on Unix) it expects
>>> LC_ALL to be set (to ja_JP.UTF-8/ja_JP.utf8/ja_JP.ujis), though it also
>>> seems to work with en_US.UTF-8).
>>>
>>> Our automated build+test Macs have LANG=C, so the test has been
>>> "passing" without actually testing the functionality.
>>>
>>> The test case determines if the environment is suitable for testing by
>>> checking if sun.jnu.encoding is either "MS932" or "UTF-8" (on Mac, this
>>> is now always UTF-8).  The test doesn't actually check LC_ALL.
>>>
>>> I think the test should also check the LANG & LC_ALL env vars, and go
>>> back to "fake passing" the test if either is set to 'C'.  This would
>>> allow the test to continue to run "for real" in the default Mac
>>> environment (LANG=en_US.UTF-8), and stop the test from failing on the
>>> build+test Macs.
>>>
>>> Of course it would be even better to update the test so the automated
>>> test machines actually test the intended functionality.  On UNIX at
>>> least, perhaps it could find something suitable to set LC_ALL to before
>>> attempting to launch the .jar.  I can file a separate bug for this.
>>>
>>> Webrev is here:
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8006039/webrev.00/
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Brent
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8003228
>>