Bug ID: JDK-8160676 Update java_props_macosx.c for Mac OS SDK 10.10

JDK-8160676 : Update java_props_macosx.c for Mac OS SDK 10.10

Type: Bug
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.lang

Priority: P4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Won't Fix
OS: os_x

Submitted: 2016-06-30
Updated: 2024-12-17
Resolved: 2024-12-17

Related Reports

Relates :	JDK-7131356 - (props) "No Java runtime present, requesting install" when creating VM from JNI [macosx]
Relates :	JDK-8257620 - Do not use objc_msgSend_stret to get macOS version
Relates :	JDK-8160370 - System.getProperty("os.version") returns "Unknown" on Mac

Description

A couple code updates can be made once the Mac build moves to SDK 10.10:

* JDK-7131356 uses the [NSProcessInfo operatingSystemVersion] function, but has to call it using msgSend in order to build with SDK 10.9.  It would be preferable to call this directly once we're no longer building with SDK 10.9.

* JDK-8160370 added code to maintain compatibility for pre-MacOS 10.9 systems, which are no longer supported for JDK 9.  Once JDK 9 has been released and test infrastructure has been updated, we should consider removing this code.

Comments

Fixes have been applied to support later versions.

17-12-2024

Some discussion in this thread about moving to SDK 10.10: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2020-December/071973.html though it was decided not to.

07-01-2021

Going on the record to say that I believe we should not remove the code added by JDK-8160370. Doing so will break backwards compatibility (for earlier unsupported Mac OS X releases)

30-06-2016