8299034: Runtime::exec clarification of inherited environment

[RogerRiggs]

The current description of Runtime.exec, ProcessBuilder.start, and ProcessBuilder.startPipeline identifies a minimum set of system dependent environment variables needed to launch a process and allows additional system dependent environment variables to be present in the child. However, it does not acknowledge that the parent's values of the minimum set of system dependent variables may not be appropriate for the child.

The description of the minimum set of system dependent environment variables is extended to allow the parent's values of those environment variables to be overridden in the child.

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• JDK-8299034: Runtime::exec clarification of inherited environment
• JDK-8299157: Runtime::exec clarification of inherited environment (CSR)

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• Alan Bateman (@AlanBateman - Reviewer)

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Going to push as commit 6a4a874.
Since your change was applied there have been 2 commits pushed to the master branch:

• 752a370: 8299439: java/text/Format/NumberFormat/CurrencyFormat.java fails for hr_HR
• 3918f9f: 8299090: Specify coordinate order for additional CaptureCallState parameters on class as well

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