JDK-8028074 : InetAddress.getByName fails with UHE "invalid IPv6 address" if host name starts with a-f
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2013-11-08
  • Updated: 2014-10-15
  • Resolved: 2013-11-08
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7u76Fixed 8 b117Fixed port-stage-ppc-aixFixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8047801 - Two sun/security/krb5 tests fail after fix of JDK-8019834
Duplicate :  
JDK-8047800 - Test sun/net/InetAddress/nameservice/chaining/Providers.java fails after fix of JDK-8019834
Description
The changes for JDK-8019834 has introduced a regression, lookup of hosts that start with a-f now fail with java.net.UnknownHostException: invalid IPv6 address.

The regression causes ~28 tests to fail (multiple areas).
Comments
verified by submitting a batch on a "a-f" named machine. http://aurora.ru.oracle.com//faces/Batch.xhtml?batchName=346860.JTREG-JDK-TRY-ALL
21-01-2014
I've added noreg-hard as the issue depends on running on a host that starts with a-f.
08-11-2013