Martin, Valid launch mechanisms for Solaris set in ProcessImpl.java as:
SOLARIS(LaunchMechanism.POSIX_SPAWN, LaunchMechanism.FORK), So it's not possible to set VFORK as LaunchMechanism for Solaris. and this fix doesn't change anything from customer perspective. -Dmitry On 2016-09-01 04:55, Martin Buchholz wrote: > Does an attempt to use vfork on Solaris result in something reasonable like > UnsupportedOperationException? > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 4:55 AM, Alan Burlison <alan.burli...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> vfork(2) is deprecated on Solaris and using it generates compiler >> warnings. When compiled with warnings-as-errors, this results in >> compilation failures. >> >> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8161360 >> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alanbur/JDK-8161360 >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Alan Burlison >> -- >> -- Dmitry Samersoff Oracle Java development team, Saint Petersburg, Russia * I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the sources.