RFR : 7149608 (tz): Default TZ detection fails on linux when symbolic links to non default location used. (original) (raw)

Seán Coffey sean.coffey at oracle.com
Mon Mar 12 15:11:39 UTC 2012


Yes - good catch. I hadn't tested the sym link being a relative path. We should always open whatever is pointed to from DEFAULT_ZONEINFO_FILE. This simplifies the code. Tested and looks good.

regards, Sean.

On 12/03/12 14:34, Alan Bateman wrote:

On 12/03/2012 14:31, Seán Coffey wrote:

Ok - good point on the stat change Alan. I think this is what you're after :

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coffeys/webrev.7149608.jdk8.2/ At L295 then I assume itshould open DEFAULTZONEINFOFILE, otherwise if the sym link is a relative path then it would be opened relative to the working directory rather than the link. -Alan.



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