On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:50:32 GMT, Lutz Schmidt <l...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> On MacOS, files may have extended attributes attached. These attributes are 
> copied together with the files. To prevent issues during further processing, 
> the extended attributes of the copies must be removed. This action was 
> implemented as solution of an older bug.
> 
> The solution is incomplete because it does not handle files with read-only 
> permissions correctly. Without write permission, matter cannot remove the 
> extended attributes. The action is rejected with a "permission denied" error.
> 
> The issue is present in all releases. I reproduced it in 11, 17, ... 23, head
> 
> The solution is to "chmod u+w" only those files which need to have their 
> extended attributes removed.
> 
> Backport note: in releases prior to jdk23, the change needs to go into file 
> MakeBase.gmk.
> 
> Testing @SAP completed without any related issues.

I'm still ok with this patch.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20203#issuecomment-2299318585

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