STD: sun.tools.debug will not be impl by HotSpot (appears broken) - Remove it!

The HotSpot VM does not implement sun.tools.debug (STD).
An attempt to use it generates an "InternalError" (see below).
Either 1) Code must be removed; or 2) Must be visibly documented.

-Robert

algol% cat test.java
import sun.tools.debug.RemoteDebugger;
import java.io.File;
class test {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                String javaOpts = "-Xbootclasspath/a:"+
                        System.getProperty("java.home")+File.separator+
                                "../lib/tools.jar";
                RemoteDebugger d = new RemoteDebugger(javaOpts,null,true);
                d.close();
        }
}


algol% uname -a
SunOS algol 5.8 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
algol% /usr/java1.2/bin/java -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, mixed mode)
algol% /usr/java1.2/bin/javac -d . test.java
algol% /usr/java1.2/bin/java test
[debugger: starting child: /usr/java1.2/jre/bin/java -classic -Xdebug -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/java1.2/jre/../lib/tools.jar sun.tools.agent.EmptyApp]
[Internal debugger error: Failed to exec a child java interpreter with this command line: /usr/java1.2/jre/bin/java -classic -Xdebug -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/java1.2/jre/../lib/tools.jar sun.tools.agent.EmptyApp]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError
        at sun.tools.debug.RemoteAgent.error(RemoteAgent.java:1427)
        at sun.tools.debug.RemoteAgent.<init>(RemoteAgent.java:261)
        at sun.tools.debug.RemoteDebugger.<init>(RemoteDebugger.java:59)
        at test.main(test.java:8)

allan.jacobs@Eng 2000-05-25

27 regression tests are failing. They are:

kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/AccessLocalInHighSlot.java jtreg AccessLocalInHighSlot
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/AccessStaticFields.java jtreg AccessStaticFields
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/AllowClassObjectGC.java jtreg AllowClassObjectGC
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/ArrayAsObject.java jtreg ArrayAsObject
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/ArrayTest.java jtreg ArrayTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/BreakStatus.java jtreg BreakStatus
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/CallStackLength.java jtreg CallStackLength
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/ClassLoad.java jtreg ClassLoad
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/Fields.java jtreg Fields
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/GC.java jtreg GC
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/GetMethodLineNumber.java jtreg GetMethodLineNumber
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/LongName.java jtreg LongName
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/ManyThreadsAndGroups.java jtreg ManyThreadsAndGroups
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/PassBreakOnInvokeStatic.java jtreg PassBreakOnInvokeStatic
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/PrintInheritedMembers.java jtreg PrintInheritedMembers
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteArrayTest.java jtreg RemoteArrayTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteClassTest.java jtreg RemoteClassTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteClassTest02.java jtreg RemoteClassTest02
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteDebuggerTest.java jtreg RemoteDebuggerTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteStackFrameTest.java jtreg RemoteStackFrameTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteStackVariableTest.java jtreg RemoteStackVariableTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/RemoteThreadTest.java jtreg RemoteThreadTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/SetFieldTest.java jtreg SetFieldTest
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/StepOverDoubleException.java jtreg StepOverDoubleException
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/StepPastReturnToNative.java jtreg StepPastReturnToNative
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/StepUp.java jtreg StepUp
kestrel_regression/test/sun/tools/debug/ThreadDeathEvent.java jtreg ThreadDeathEvent

allan.jacobs@Eng 2000-05-25

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al.smith@eng 2001-03-02

These tests are still failing in Ladybird build 18 and Merlin build 54. As I understand it, the debug code has been removed from the Solaris products. If this is the case, these tests should be modified so they don't run on Solaris. To exit rc, there has to be zero regression failures in Ladybird.

begin - robert.field@Eng 2001-03-02
Of course they are still failing! They will never ever work again.
Sun.tools.debug only works under the Classic VM. There is no Classic VM
on Solaris in 1.3 and Ladybird. As of Merlin, Classic VM will not be
part of any system we ship and thus sun.tools.debug will never run again.
There is exactly one solution - for Ladybird, do not run sun.tools.debug
tests on Solaris, for Merlin you MUST remove all sun.tools.debug tests.
end - robert.field@Eng 2001-03-02