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-#!/bin/sh
-
-. setJava9.sh
-
-export FORREST_HOME=/opt/apache/forrest/apache-forrest-0.5.1-bin
-
-# requires Ant >= 1.9.5 due to https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58271
-export ANT_HOME=/opt/apache/apache-ant/apache-ant-1.9.7
-export PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH
-
-export ANT_OPTS="-Xmx1024m"
-
-ant -version
-
-# disable file-leak-detector:	-Dfile.leak.detector=-Da=b \
-
-ant  \
-    -Duser.language=en \
-    -Duser.country=US \
-    -Dmaxpermsize=-Dthis.is.a.dummy=true \
-	-Djava.locale.providers=JRE,CLDR \
-	-Dcoverage.enabled=true \
-	-Dorg.apache.poi.util.POILogger=org.apache.poi.util.NullLogger \
-	-Dhalt.on.test.failure=false \
-	$*
-
-exit 0
-
-# running with: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9-ea+112)
-#
-# things found:
-
-# Assertion when doing reflection: *** java.lang.instrument ASSERTION FAILED ***: "!errorOutstanding" with message transform method call failed at JPLISAgent.c line: 884, seems to continue to run, though
-
-# java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 344 - [java]     at sun.font.ExtendedTextSourceLabel.createCharinfo(java.desktop@9-ea/ExtendedTextSourceLabel.java:814)
-# Affected tests
-# * org.apache.poi.xslf.usermodel.TestPPTX2PNG
-# => see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8151725, https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8145542, https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8041480
-
-=> Review ID: JI-9038016
-
-
-# Java crashed once when running our tests, during the next run the same test did succeed, so it seems to be intermittent
-
-    [junit] Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Time elapsed: 0.232 sec
-    [junit] Running org.apache.poi.hwpf.converter.TestWordToConverterSuite
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] #  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f313e7c7441, pid=2589690, tid=2589706
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (9.0+112) (build 9-ea+112)
-    [junit] # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (9-ea+112, mixed mode, tiered, compressed oops, g1 gc, linux-amd64)
-    [junit] # Problematic frame:
-    [junit] # V  [libjvm.so+0x99b441]  PhaseIdealLoop::idom_no_update(Node*) const [clone .isra.105]+0x11
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] # Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %P" (or dumping to /opt/apache/poi/git-svn/core.2589690)
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] # An error report file with more information is saved as:
-    [junit] # /opt/apache/poi/git-svn/hs_err_pid2589690.log
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] # Compiler replay data is saved as:
-    [junit] # /opt/apache/poi/git-svn/replay_pid2589690.log
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
-    [junit] #   http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
-    [junit] #
-    [junit] Running org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.TestTableRow
-    [junit] Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 1, Time elapsed: 0 sec
-    [junit] Tests FAILED (crashed)
-
-
-
-# Solved issues:
-
-# Some Generics related compile errors that can easily be fixed
-
-# Option is gone: -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-
-# JUnit failure: expected:<28[-Apr-2010] 12:40:56> but was:<28[ Apr 2010,] 12:40:56> at org.apache.poi.hmef.TestAttachments.testAttachmentDetails(TestAttachments.java:92)
-#      DateFormat fmt = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.CANADA);
-#      fmt.setTimeZone(LocaleUtil.TIMEZONE_UTC);
-# => expected, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8152154, define -Djava.locale.providers=JRE,CLDR
-
-# ant javascript fails: <scriptdef name="propertyreset" language="javascript">, probably need to manually include the Javascript Engine
-# => see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8152533, probably fixed in b113
-# => Ant 1.9.5 fixes this: https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58271