JDK-8067039 : Revert changes to annotation attribute generation
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 8u40
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-12-09
  • Updated: 2018-11-14
  • Resolved: 2014-12-11
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JDK 8
8u40 b19Fixed
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Description
This is a bug record to back out JDK-8065132 and JDK-8029012 from JDK 8u40. 

Two changes were backported to 8u40, which change the way javac generates classfiles.  However, because of problems with the GenericSignatures attribute format, this causes javac to fail to load classfiles generated with a previous version.  This needs to be backed out in 8u40.
Comments
Verified with regression testcase
15-01-2015

JDK-8066725 should no longer be an issue for 8u40 with these changes backed out.
17-12-2014