* Heikki Aitakangas: > Based on history of > https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/openjdk-8/commits/master/debian/patches/jdk-freetypeScaler-crash.diff > the patch was added during OpenJDK 6 era. > > It would be good to know what problem the patch was supposed to fix, as > that would tell if the patch is still necessary with OpenJDK 8+. > Unfortunately comments in the patch file, nor the commit where it was > added mention bug IDs. @doko got any recollection about this?
The patch is mentioned in <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6761791>, which was fixed in: changeset: 2369:b58cdc0321f5 user: igor date: Wed Dec 17 22:00:37 2008 +0300 summary: 6761791: Crash in the FontManager code due to use of JNIEnv saved by another thread I don't think the Debian patch is necessary anymore.
