PK78088: ERRONEOUS CARRIAGE RETURN CHARACTERS IN JAVA FILES.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Some of the Java files in the Java 6 install appear to have
  erroneous carriage return characters included in the ebcdic
  files.  These carriage returns appear as "."s when displayed in
  some of the OMVS editors.  At times when the file is edited
  these "."s change from x"0D"s to x"4B"s which will then cause
  those lines to fail.
  
  This APAR will address the removal of these erroneous characters
  
  The files demonstrating this problem include java.security and
  java.policy files.
  

Local fix

• Remove '.' x"4B"s from end of the relevent lines in the file.
  
  Care should be taken when editing any of the files in the Java
  directories to ensure that these extra characters are handled
  properly
  

Problem summary

• Carriage returns exist in some Java 6 files such as java.policy
  and java.security.
  

Problem conclusion

• Carriage returns removed in Java 6 SR4.
  

Temporary fix

• Carriage returns can be removed manually.
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA 6 Z/OS 31

• Fixed component ID

  620700105

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

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