--- old/common/autoconf/compare.sh.in	2013-01-02 11:35:11.910860168 +0100
+++ new/common/autoconf/compare.sh.in	2013-01-02 11:35:11.800841160 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2012, 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 JAVAP="@FIXPATH@ @BOOT_JDK@/bin/javap"
 LDD="@LDD@"
 MKDIR="@MKDIR@"
+NAWK="@NAWK@"
 NM="@NM@"
 OBJDUMP="@OBJDUMP@"
 OTOOL="@OTOOL@"
--- old/common/bin/compare.sh	2013-01-02 11:35:12.300927581 +0100
+++ new/common/bin/compare.sh	2013-01-02 11:35:12.200910295 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2012, 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -110,12 +110,15 @@
         fi
     fi
     if test "x$SUFFIX" = "xproperties"; then
-        $CAT $OTHER_FILE | $SED -e 's/\([^\\]\):/\1\\:/g' -e  's/\([^\\]\)=/\1\\=/g' -e 's/#.*/#/g' \
-            | $SED -f "$SRC_ROOT/common/makefiles/support/unicode2x.sed" \
-  	    | $SED -e '/^#/d' -e '/^$/d' \
-            -e :a -e '/\\$/N; s/\\\n//; ta' \
-  	    -e 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//' \
-	    -e 's/\\=/=/' | LANG=C $SORT > $OTHER_FILE.cleaned
+        # Run through nawk to add possibly missing newline at end of file.
+        $CAT $OTHER_FILE | $NAWK '{ print }' > $OTHER_FILE.cleaned
+# Disable this exception since we aren't changing the properties cleaning method yet.
+#        $CAT $OTHER_FILE | $SED -e 's/\([^\\]\):/\1\\:/g' -e  's/\([^\\]\)=/\1\\=/g' -e 's/#.*/#/g' \
+#            | $SED -f "$SRC_ROOT/common/makefiles/support/unicode2x.sed" \
+#  	    | $SED -e '/^#/d' -e '/^$/d' \
+#            -e :a -e '/\\$/N; s/\\\n//; ta' \
+#  	    -e 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//' \
+#	    -e 's/\\=/=/' | LANG=C $SORT > $OTHER_FILE.cleaned
         TMP=$(LANG=C $DIFF $OTHER_FILE.cleaned $THIS_FILE)
     fi
     if test -n "$TMP"; then
--- old/jaxp/makefiles/BuildJaxp.gmk	2013-01-02 11:35:12.741003629 +0100
+++ new/jaxp/makefiles/BuildJaxp.gmk	2013-01-02 11:35:12.620982891 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2007, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2007, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -47,11 +47,23 @@
 $(eval $(call SetupJavaCompilation,BUILD_JAXP,\
 		SETUP:=GENERATE_NEWBYTECODE_DEBUG,\
 		SRC:=$(JAXP_TOPDIR)/src,\
-		CLEAN:=.properties,\
 		BIN:=$(JAXP_OUTPUTDIR)/classes,\
 		SRCZIP:=$(JAXP_OUTPUTDIR)/dist/lib/src.zip))
 
-$(eval $(call SetupArchive,ARCHIVE_JAXP,$(BUILD_JAXP),\
+# Imitate the property cleaning mechanism in the old build. This will likely be replaced 
+# by the unified functionality in JavaCompilation.gmk, but keep it the same as old build
+# for now, even though it actually breaks properties containing # in the value.
+# Using nawk to avoid solaris sed.
+$(JAXP_OUTPUTDIR)/classes/%.properties: $(JAXP_TOPDIR)/src/%.properties
+	$(MKDIR) -p $(@D)
+	$(RM) $@ $@.tmp
+	$(CAT) $< | $(NAWK) '{ sub(/#.*$$/,"#"); print }' > $@.tmp
+	$(MV) $@.tmp $@
+
+SRC_PROP_FILES := $(shell $(FIND) $(JAXP_TOPDIR)/src -name "*.properties")
+TARGET_PROP_FILES := $(patsubst $(JAXP_TOPDIR)/src/%,$(JAXP_OUTPUTDIR)/classes/%,$(SRC_PROP_FILES))
+
+$(eval $(call SetupArchive,ARCHIVE_JAXP,$(BUILD_JAXP) $(TARGET_PROP_FILES),\
 		SRCS:=$(JAXP_OUTPUTDIR)/classes,\
 		SUFFIXES:=.class .properties,\
 		JAR:=$(JAXP_OUTPUTDIR)/dist/lib/classes.jar))
--- old/jaxws/makefiles/BuildJaxws.gmk	2013-01-02 11:35:13.161076246 +0100
+++ new/jaxws/makefiles/BuildJaxws.gmk	2013-01-02 11:35:13.051057224 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2007, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2007, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@
 $(eval $(call SetupJavaCompilation,BUILD_JAF,\
 		SETUP:=GENERATE_NEWBYTECODE_DEBUG,\
 		SRC:=$(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaf_classes,\
-		CLEAN:=.properties,\
 		COPY:="dummy",\
 		BIN:=$(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaf_classes))
 
 $(eval $(call SetupJavaCompilation,BUILD_JAXWS,\
 		SETUP:=GENERATE_NEWBYTECODE_DEBUG,\
 		SRC:=$(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaxws_classes,\
-		CLEAN:=.properties,\
 		BIN:=$(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaxws_classes,\
 		COPY:=.xsd,\
 		COPY_FILES:=$(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/tools/internal/xjc/runtime/JAXBContextFactory.java \
@@ -76,7 +74,31 @@
 BUILD_JAXWS += $(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaxws_classes/META-INF/services/com.sun.tools.internal.ws.wscompile.Plugin \
                $(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaxws_classes/META-INF/services/com.sun.tools.internal.xjc.Plugin
 
-$(eval $(call SetupArchive,ARCHIVE_JAXWS,$(BUILD_JAXWS) $(BUILD_JAF),\
+# Imitate the property cleaning mechanism in the old build. This will likely be replaced 
+# by the unified functionality in JavaCompilation.gmk, but keep it the same as old build
+# for now, even though it actually breaks properties containing # in the value.
+# Using nawk to avoid solaris sed.
+$(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaxws_classes/%.properties: $(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaxws_classes/%.properties
+	$(MKDIR) -p $(@D)
+	$(RM) $@ $@.tmp
+	$(CAT) $< | $(NAWK) '{ sub(/#.*$$/,"#"); print }' > $@.tmp
+	$(MV) $@.tmp $@
+
+JAXWS_SRC_PROP_FILES := $(shell $(FIND) $(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaxws_classes -name "*.properties")
+TARGET_PROP_FILES := $(patsubst $(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaxws_classes/%,\
+                       $(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaxws_classes/%,$(JAXWS_SRC_PROP_FILES))
+
+$(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaf_classes/%.properties: $(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaf_classes/%.properties
+	$(MKDIR) -p $(@D)
+	$(RM) $@ $@.tmp
+	$(CAT) $< | $(NAWK) '{ sub(/#.*$$/,"#"); print }' > $@.tmp
+	$(MV) $@.tmp $@
+
+JAF_SRC_PROP_FILES := $(shell $(FIND) $(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaf_classes -name "*.properties")
+TARGET_PROP_FILES += $(patsubst $(JAXWS_TOPDIR)/src/share/jaf_classes/%,\
+                       $(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaf_classes/%,$(JAF_SRC_PROP_FILES))
+
+$(eval $(call SetupArchive,ARCHIVE_JAXWS,$(BUILD_JAXWS) $(BUILD_JAF) $(TARGET_PROP_FILES),\
 		SRCS:=$(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaxws_classes $(JAXWS_OUTPUTDIR)/jaf_classes,\
 		SUFFIXES:=.class .properties .xsd .java \
 			  com.sun.mirror.apt.AnnotationProcessorFactory \