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Bug ID:
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6490436
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Votes
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0
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Synopsis
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compatibility issue due to 5060487
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Category
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hotspot:runtime_system
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Reported Against
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Release Fixed
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5.0u10(b03),
1.4.2_14(b01) (Bug ID:2143744)
, 6u2(b01) (Bug ID:2146342)
, hs10(b10) (Bug ID:2146343)
, 7(b10) (Bug ID:2176863)
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State
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10-Fix Delivered,
Verified,
bug
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Priority:
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1-Very High
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Related Bugs
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6539350
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5060487
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Submit Date
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06-NOV-2006
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Description
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An important Licensee App is broken due to fix for 5060487.
It is throwing VerifyError.
superclass protected constructor is bring called in a subclass (in a different package).
class of the objectref is not the current class or a subclass of the current class
Please provide a backward compatibility mode so that existing Apps are not broken.
Posted Date : 2006-11-06 19:22:21.0
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Work Around
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N/A
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Evaluation
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Modern compilers seem to catch this at the source level and don't generate this invalid code. I suggest that we enforce this only for modern classfile versions (>= 50) and let older classfiles slide.
Posted Date : 2006-11-06 19:49:45.0
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Comments
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PLEASE NOTE: JDK6 is formerly known as Project Mustang
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