[jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-14586) org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell in 2.7 breaks on Java 9 RC build; backport HADOOP-10775 to 2.7.x

["Steve Loughran (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-14586?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Steve Loughran updated HADOOP-14586:
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    Summary:  org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell in 2.7 breaks <clinit> on Java 9 RC build; backport HADOOP-10775 to 2.7.x  (was:  org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell causes failure in <clinit> on Java 9 RC build, leading to almost all of Hadoop failing (next one StringUtils))

>  org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell in 2.7 breaks <clinit> on Java 9 RC build; backport HADOOP-10775 to 2.7.x
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>                 Key: HADOOP-14586
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-14586
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: common
>    Affects Versions: 2.7.2
>         Environment: Java 9, build 175 (Java 9 release candidate as of June 25th, 2017)
>            Reporter: Uwe Schindler
>            Assignee: Akira Ajisaka
>            Priority: Blocker
>              Labels: Java9, release-blocker
>         Attachments: HADOOP-14586-branch-2.7-01.patch
>
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> You cannot use any Hadoop component anymore with the latest release candidate build of Java 9, because it fails with an StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in {{org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell#<clinit>}}. This leads to a whole cascade of failing classes (next in chain is StringUtils).
> The reason is that the release candidate build of Java 9 no longer has "-ea" in the version string and the system property "java.version" is now simply "9". This causes the following line to fail fatally:
> {code:java}
>   private static boolean IS_JAVA7_OR_ABOVE =
>       System.getProperty("java.version").substring(0, 3).compareTo("1.7") >= 0;
> {code}
> Analysis:
> - This code looks wrong, as comparing a version this way is incorrect.
> - The {{substring(0, 3)}} is completely useless, {{compareTo}} also works without it, although it is still an invalid way to compare a version.
> Maybe look at Lucene's source code (Constants.java) to have a better way in doing this! Sorry this is incredible to me! Hardcoding string bounds into a static initializer that are applied on a string that you have no control of...
> This issue breaks Apache Solr from working with Java 9, so I set it to "critical". We have to disable the whole Hadoop integration once Java 9 is detected.



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