On 5 May 2018 at 22:26, Kim Barrett <kim.barr...@oracle.com> wrote: >> On May 5, 2018, at 8:03 AM, B. Blaser <bsr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 4 May 2018 at 17:42, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote: >>> On 04/05/2018 16:31, B. Blaser wrote: >>>> >>>> : >>>> >>>> I'll create a new JBS issue (unless you want to) since the fix is >>>> mostly located in core-libs and only intended to make the build >>>> complete. >>>> But I'll still need someone to review and push the fix, would you be >>>> interested in doing this? >>>> >>> I think someone needs to explore the behavior on other platforms too as the >>> #ifndef __linux__ patches are ugly. >> >> Yes sure but I cannot test it elsewhere myself... and we can easily >> remove them once POSIX officially deprecates 'readdir_r' or if someone >> validates the fix on other systems. > > I'm not sure anyone has the ability to test on all supported. That > doesn't (and really can't) prevent making changes across platforms to > platform-specific code. It just means one needs to get help with > testing. Make the change across platforms, test on those platforms > one has access to, and ask here for help testing on others.
OK, I'll provide a cross-platform fix to be evaluated on other systems too. Thanks, Bernard > Waiting for a POSIX change is even more like watching paint dry than > waiting for Java releases used to be.
