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Bug#927857: openjdk-8: Please update to 8u212-b03 to deal with Japanese New ERA " 令和 (Reiwa)"

 

Package: openjdk-8
Severity: normal
Tags: fixed-upstream

Hi,

 It seems that openjdk8 in Debian9 "Stretch" doesn't deal with
 Japanese New ERA "令和 (Reiwa)", it was fixed in upstream.
 https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2019-April/009115.html
 Please update it from 8u212-b01 to 8u212-b03.

 You can check it as below
 https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/a-new-japanese-era-for-java


 And also it contains some security fixes.
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-2602
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-2684
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-2698


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Hideki Yamane <henrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>