On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:35:46 GMT, Phil Race <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Then It might be better to drop it, or at least mark it as manual. The >> current issue with the test is that it modifies the system and JDK, which >> could affect other tests running in parallel. >> >> For the JDK, we can create a copy of TESTJAVA and run the test there. >> However, we can’t do the same for the system. The situation could become >> worse if the tests are terminated midway, as the cleanup step wouldn’t be >> executed and the system could remain misconfigured. > > A test that modifies the windows registry is going to be a problem. I would > just scrap the test. > I wouldn't even want to run such a test manually. As far as I can see, the 'manual' is not intended for manual environment preparation/cleanup. So I am inclined to remove the test entirely. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27551#discussion_r2474666196
