Bug#776527: OpenJDK Server VM warning: ignoring option PermSize=128m; support was removed in 8.0

[U B, Avinash]

Version : 8u102-b14.1

Package: openjdk-8-jre-headless
Tags: patch

Reproducer:

Installation of openjdk-8-jre-headless on i386 or sparc.

Patch:

Warning occurs due to the usage of -XX:PermSize=128m with java during postinst 
script of jre-headless package and PermSize; support was removed in 8.0


diff --git a/debian/JB-jre-headless.postinst.in 
b/debian/JB-jre-headless.postinst.in
index 1f86eeb..0d4bd5b 100644
--- a/debian/JB-jre-headless.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/JB-jre-headless.postinst.in
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ configure)
     case @archdir@ in i386|sparc)
        rm -f $basedir/jre/lib/@archdir@/client/classes.jsa
        log=$(tempfile)
-       if ! $basedir/bin/java -client -Xshare:dump -XX:PermSize=128m > $log; 
then
+       if ! $basedir/bin/java -client -Xshare:dump > $log; then
            cat >&2 $log
            rm -f $log
            # this may fail on some machines/configurations, just ignore it.

Verified the fix, and it works fine.

Thanks,
Avinash UB
HPE