# HG changeset patch # User Andrew John Hughes # Date 1479108276 0 # Node ID f6011021d601e95e87617c5c3bc315670347dbdd # Parent 3f1ac6eef871d52ad36ab957da4821357bdf425f Add 2.6.8 release notes. 2016-11-13 Andrew John Hughes * NEWS: Add 2.6.8 release notes. diff -r 3f1ac6eef871 -r f6011021d601 ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog Fri Nov 11 05:51:16 2016 +0000 +++ b/ChangeLog Mon Nov 14 07:24:36 2016 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2016-11-13 Andrew John Hughes + + * NEWS: Add 2.6.8 release notes. + 2016-08-10 Tiago Stuermer Daitx PR3134: JamVM is broken due to 2 new native diff -r 3f1ac6eef871 -r f6011021d601 NEWS --- a/NEWS Fri Nov 11 05:51:16 2016 +0000 +++ b/NEWS Mon Nov 14 07:24:36 2016 +0000 @@ -14,11 +14,83 @@ New in release 2.7.0 (201X-XX-XX): -* Security fixes - - PR3207, RH1367357: lcms2: Out-of-bounds read in Type_MLU_Read() * New features - PR3180: Support building without pre-compiled headers * Backports + - S8076221, PR2809, RH1302385: Disable RC4 cipher suites +* Bug fixes + - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 + +New in release 2.6.8 (2016-11-13): + +* Security fixes + - S8151921: Improved page resolution + - S8155968: Update command line options + - S8155973, CVE-2016-5542: Tighten jar checks + - S8157176: Improved classfile parsing + - S8157739, CVE-2016-5554: Classloader Consistency Checking + - S8157749: Improve handling of DNS error replies + - S8157753: Audio replay enhancement + - S8157759: LCMS Transform Sampling Enhancement + - S8157764: Better handling of interpolation plugins + - S8158302: Handle contextual glyph substitutions + - S8158993, CVE-2016-5568: Service Menu services + - S8159495: Fix index offsets + - S8159503: Amend Annotation Actions + - S8159511: Stack map validation + - S8159515: Improve indy validation + - S8159519, CVE-2016-5573: Reformat JDWP messages + - S8160090: Better signature handling in pack200 + - S8160094: Improve pack200 layout + - S8160098: Clean up color profiles + - S8160591, CVE-2016-5582: Improve internal array handling + - S8160838, CVE-2016-5597: Better HTTP service + - PR3207, RH1367357: lcms2: Out-of-bounds read in Type_MLU_Read() +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u121 build 0 + - S6624200: Regression test fails: test/closed/javax/swing/JMenuItem/4654927/bug4654927.java + - S6882559: new JEditorPane("text/plain","") fails for null context class loader + - S7090158: Networking Libraries don't build with javac -Werror + - S7125055: ContentHandler.getContent API changed in error + - S7145960: sun/security/mscapi/ShortRSAKey1024.sh failing on windows + - S7187051: ShortRSAKeynnn.sh tests should do cleanup before start test + - S8000626: Implement dead key detection for KeyEvent on Linux + - S8003890: corelibs test scripts should pass TESTVMOPTS + - S8005629: javac warnings compiling java.awt.EventDispatchThread and sun.awt.X11.XIconWindow + - S8010297: Missing isLoggable() checks in logging code + - S8010782: clean up source files containing carriage return characters + - S8014431: cleanup warnings indicated by the -Wunused-value compiler option on linux + - S8015265: revise the fix for 8007037 + - S8016747: Replace deprecated PlatformLogger isLoggable(int) with isLoggable(Level) + - S8020708: NLS mnemonics missing in SwingSet2/JInternalFrame demo + - S8024756: method grouping tabs are not selectable + - S8026741: jdk8 l10n resource file translation update 5 + - S8048147: Privilege tests with JAAS Subject.doAs + - S8048357: PKCS basic tests + - S8049171: Additional tests for jarsigner's warnings + - S8059177: jdk8u40 l10n resource file translation update 1 + - S8075584: test for 8067364 depends on hardwired text advance + - S8076486: [TESTBUG] javax/security/auth/Subject/doAs/NestedActions.java fails if extra VM options are given + - S8077953: [TEST_BUG] com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/TestTotalSwap.java Compilation failed after JDK-8077387 + - S8080628: No mnemonics on Open and Save buttons in JFileChooser + - S8083601: jdk8u60 l10n resource file translation update 2 + - S8140530: Creating a VolatileImage with size 0,0 results in no longer working g2d.drawString + - S8142926: OutputAnalyzer's shouldXXX() calls return this + - S8143134: L10n resource file translation update + - S8147077: IllegalArgumentException thrown by api/java_awt/Component/FlipBufferStrategy/indexTGF_General + - S8148127: IllegalArgumentException thrown by JCK test api/java_awt/Component/FlipBufferStrategy/indexTGF_General in opengl pipeline + - S8150611: Security problem on sun.misc.resources.Messages* + - S8157653: [Parfait] Uninitialised variable in awt_Font.cpp + - S8158734: JEditorPane.createEditorKitForContentType throws NPE after 6882559 + - S8159684: (tz) Support tzdata2016f + - S8160934: isnan() is not available on older MSVC compilers + - S8162411: Service Menu services 2 + - S8162419: closed/com/oracle/jfr/runtime/TestVMInfoEvent.sh failing after JDK-8155968 + - S8162511: 8u111 L10n resource file updates + - S8162792: Remove constraint DSA keySize < 1024 from jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms in jdk8 + - S8164452: 8u111 L10n resource file update - msgdrop 20 + - S8165816: jarsigner -verify shows jar unsigned if it was signed with a weak algorithm + - S8166381: Back out changes to the java.security file to not disable MD5 +* Backports - S6604109, PR3162: javax.print.PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices fails SOMETIMES for Cups - S6907252, PR3162: ZipFileInputStream Not Thread-Safe - S8024046, PR3162: Test sun/security/krb5/runNameEquals.sh failed on 7u45 Embedded linux-ppc* @@ -31,7 +103,6 @@ - S8066188, PR3162: BaseRowSet returns the wrong default value for escape processing - S8072466, PR3162: Deadlock when initializing MulticastSocket and DatagramSocket - S8075118, PR3162: JVM stuck in infinite loop during verification - - S8076221, PR2809, RH1302385: Disable RC4 cipher suites - S8076579, PR3162: Popping a stack frame after exception breakpoint sets last method param to exception - S8078495, PR3162: End time checking for native TGT is wrong - S8078668, PR3162: jar usage string mentions unsupported option '-n' @@ -57,7 +128,6 @@ - PR3131: PaX marking fails on filesystems which don't support extended attributes - PR3135: Makefile.am rule stamps/add/tzdata-support-debug.stamp has a typo in add-tzdata dependency - PR3141: Pass $(CC) and $(CXX) to OpenJDK build - - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 - PR3166: invalid zip timestamp handling leads to error building bootstrap-javac - PR3202: Update infinality configure test - PR3212: Disable ARM32 JIT by default @@ -66,7 +136,8 @@ * JamVM - PR3134: JamVM is broken due to 2 new native methods in sun.misc.Unsafe (from S8158260) * AArch64 port - - S8167200: AArch64: Broken stack pointer adjustment in interpreter + - S8167200, PR3204: AArch64: Broken stack pointer adjustment in interpreter + - S8168888: Port 8160591: Improve internal array handling to AArch64. - PR3211: AArch64 build fails with pre-compiled headers disabled New in release 2.6.7 (2016-07-28):