Jaroslav, You can use ld to run non-executable binary:
Linux (check /proc/self/map for exact version of ld used) /lib/ld-2.20.so ./a.out Solaris: /lib/ld.so.1 ./a.out -Dmitry On 2015-10-07 15:15, Jaroslav Bachorik wrote: > Please, review the following test change > > Issue : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8138579 > Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/8138579/webrev.00 > > This test is exercising a custom launcher (executable). Since it is not > possible to check in a file and prevent its executable flag the test > sets the executable flag on the fly after it has copied over the > platform specific launcher to a well known location. > > However, setting the executable flag has started to fail on Solaris > machines recently. I tracked down the failure to the fact that the > launcher is being copied with the preserved attributes - including the > owner and group. The original launcher owner and group differ from the > user the test is run under and therefore the attempt to set the > executable flag fails. > > The proposed fix is not to preserve the file attributes - the launcher > will be owned by the current user and the attempt to set the executable > flag will succeed. > > The patch has been tested on all supported platforms successfully. > > Thanks, > > -JB- -- Dmitry Samersoff Oracle Java development team, Saint Petersburg, Russia * I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the sources.
