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PR3833: Update tapsets following JDK-8015774, which removes '_heap' 2021-02-21 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org> PR3833: Update tapsets following JDK-8015774, which removes '_heap' * NEWS: Updated. * tapset/jstack.stp.in: Replace hardcoded libjvm.so paths from Severin's patch with @ABS_SERVER_LIBJVM_SO@. 2020-08-03 Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf@redhat.com> PR3833: Update tapsets following JDK-8015774, which removes '_heap' * tapset/jstack.stp.in: Adapt to work with _heaps, following JDK-8015774.
author Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>
date Mon, 22 Feb 2021 02:08:05 +0000
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PRx denotes bug x in the IcedTea bug database (http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=x)
Sx denotes bug x in the Sun/Oracle bug database (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-X)

The fsg.sh script is also run to delete certain files with dubious licensing and/or only occuring
in binary format.

The following patches are currently applied before the building of OpenJDK 8 by IcedTea:

* disable-intree-ec.patch: Turn off the SunEC provider in java.security.
* memory-limits.patch: Increase default memory limits.
* nss-config.patch: Add and enable the PKCS11 provider in java.security
* nss-not-enabled-config.patch: Add but disable the PKCS11 provider in java.security.
* override-redirect-metacity.patch: Enable override redirect for Metacity window manager.
* pr2126.patch: Applied as part of fsg.sh to remove elliptic curves unsupported by NSS.
* rh1022017.patch: Only announce supported elliptic curves over TLS connections.

The following patches are only applied when building with the CACAO virtual machine:

* cacao/ignore-tests.patch: Ignore tests known to fail on CACAO.
* cacao/launcher.patch: For the 'java' command, create new thread depending on the current VM.
* cacao/pr2032.patch: Implement JVM_FindClassFromCaller.
* cacao/pr2349.patch: Allow CACAO to recognise OpenJDK 8.

The following patches are only applied when building with the JamVM virtual machine:

* jamvm/find_class_from_caller.patch: Implement JVM_FindClassFromCaller.

The following patches are only applied when building the PulseAudio sound provider:

* pulse-soundproperties.patch: Add disabled settings for the PulseAudio provider to sound.properties

The following patches are only applied when SystemTap is found:

* systemtap-gcc-4.5.patch: Enable building SystemTap support on GCC >= 4.5 (PR476)