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Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/lang/System.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/lang/System.java | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/System.java b/libjava/java/lang/System.java index ab58425..2e7c031 100644 --- a/libjava/java/lang/System.java +++ b/libjava/java/lang/System.java @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* System.java -- useful methods to interface with the system - Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. @@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ public final class System * {@link #setProperties(Properties)}, but will never be null, because * setProperties(null) sucks in the default properties. */ + // Note that we use clone here and not new. Some programs assume + // that the system properties do not have a parent. private static Properties properties - = new Properties(Runtime.defaultProperties); + = (Properties) Runtime.defaultProperties.clone(); /** * The standard InputStream. This is assigned at startup and starts its @@ -369,7 +371,11 @@ public final class System if (sm != null) sm.checkPropertiesAccess(); if (properties == null) - properties = new Properties(Runtime.defaultProperties); + { + // Note that we use clone here and not new. Some programs + // assume that the system properties do not have a parent. + properties = (Properties) Runtime.defaultProperties.clone(); + } System.properties = properties; } |