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Type:
Bug
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Resolution: Fixed
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Priority:
P3
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Affects Version/s: 5.0u7, 6
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Component/s: core-libs
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b03
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generic, x86
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windows, windows_xp
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Verified
| Issue | Fix Version | Assignee | Priority | Status | Resolution | Resolved In Build |
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| JDK-2141404 | 6u2 | Martin Buchholz | P3 | Resolved | Fixed | b01 |
| JDK-2141403 | 5.0u11 | Yumin Qi | P2 | Resolved | Fixed | b02 |
As specified in the Microsoft documentation,
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682009.aspx
"All strings in the environment block must be sorted alphabetically by name. The sort is case-insensitive, Unicode order, without regard to locale"
Unfortunately, this specification does not make it clear whether a character between
the lower-case range and the upper-case range, such as "_", should sort
before or after the alphabetic characters. An empirical test shows that it
Windows (actually cmd.exe's "set" command) sorts it after, while Java's
implementation sorts it before.
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682009.aspx
"All strings in the environment block must be sorted alphabetically by name. The sort is case-insensitive, Unicode order, without regard to locale"
Unfortunately, this specification does not make it clear whether a character between
the lower-case range and the upper-case range, such as "_", should sort
before or after the alphabetic characters. An empirical test shows that it
Windows (actually cmd.exe's "set" command) sorts it after, while Java's
implementation sorts it before.
- backported by
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JDK-2141403 (process) subprocess environment sort order differs from Windows native sort order
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- Resolved
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- Resolved
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- relates to
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- Closed
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