This is done during the freeze since the default distfile vanishes from
Sun's website.
Changes and bugs fixed since 1.4.2_03 according to
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/ReleaseNotes.html:
Encoding Unicode to JIS0208 Throw exception
HTMLEditorKit uses always default editor kit for rendering of frames
javac requires exponential time to attribute methods in a large hierarchy
NullPointerException in JFileChooser when accessing system level icons
1.4 REGRESSION: Metal & Windows FileChooserUI classes cannot be used without She
Cross-platform PrinterJob.printDialog gets hidden by main application window
GTK+ theme keynav for JTree expand/collapse doesn't confirm with GTK+2 standard
closing sequencer sometimes crashes the VM
GTK+ L&F not fully reflecting GNOME High contrast large print theme
GTK+ JFileChooser doesn't open multiple files
RMI call remains blocked even after network cable is unplugged in Solaris 8
REGRESSION: Unicode escape processing is redone
REGRESSION: regex character class negation error
REGRESSION: infinite loop in ISO2022_JP$Decoder. decodeArrayLoop()
Printing: Legal page sizes not correctly selected/printed on Linux
in with J2se1.3 in multithread situation, socket reads data unexpectly
JPI Control Panel "Help" refers to the incorrect Update button name
Include UseSpinning, UseTLAB, PreBlockSpin with -XX:+AggressiveHeap for Linux
DefaultWriteObject Flag is always true in RMI-IIOP data stream
IOP serialization is slow for large objects
CHROOT JDK 1.4.2-b28
Incorrect ordering of loads/stores of same memory loc with -XX:-OptoScheduling
JDK 1.4 and the JIS0208 character set encoding
Java plugin downloads sticky applet multiple time for sites using load balancing
javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.isLocal(stub) restricts custom ORB
spinners don't look like native ones on blueprint
GTK L&F: In JFileChooser folder ordering is unlike native mercury ordering
JFileChooser filepanel background color is unlike native mercury
GTK L&F: Behaviour of new folder button in JFileChooser is unlike native mercury
JFileDIalog does not show the current directory in GTK
Swing's GTK look and feel should be updated to track GTK 2.2
GTK L&F: Shift+Tab causes the JFileChosser to behave vague
Drag anchor of JToolBar is unlike the native mercury toolbar
JFileChooser Dialog does not respond to the ESC key unlike Native FileDialog
RepositoryId Lists not handled correctly
Swing's blueprint engine is not in sync with native version
Wrong discriminator received on a union with multiple case labels on a branch
CORBA COMM_FAILURE when destroy() takes too long and close() happens
J2SE needs to support Korean on Mercury
Ship currently published CA certificates in cacerts file
Regression: 1.4.2 JVM core dumps with error ID 4F530E43505002EF 01
Regression: jarsigner fails to verify the jar files
Cannot specify java.util.logging.manager property using JWS
IOException on drop part of drag'n'drop
JavaWebStart version number inaccurate on Korean Locale on Win2000
C2 crash in adjust_check
Java Web Start 1.4.2 uses obsolete cacerts file.
GTK L&F: Behaviour of rename button in JFileChooser is unlike native mercury
sun.nio.ch.Util.releaseTemporaryDirectBuffer NullPointerException
classDepth(null) crashes VM
consider removing validity check on trusted cert anchor selection
-XX:NewSize, MaxNewSize CL arguments sometimes ignored
JRE 1.4.2 support for Chinese/Korean fonts on Redhat AS 2.1
Signature timestamps in signed jar files break forward compatibility
REG: JVM crash on RH3.0 w/ 4F533F4C494E55583F 491418160E4350500306
Interop broken b/w 1.4.2_04 and 1.4.1,1.5 for TreeSet, BigInteger, BigDecimal
Krb5LoginModule authentication fails with exception, "connection reset"
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