--- a/jdk/src/jdk.jartool/share/classes/sun/tools/jar/GNUStyleOptions.java	Thu Oct 13 09:35:07 2016 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.jartool/share/classes/sun/tools/jar/GNUStyleOptions.java	Thu Oct 13 11:54:27 2016 -0700
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@
 
         // process options
         for (; count < args.length; count++) {
-            if (args[count].charAt(0) != '-' || args[count].equals("-C"))
+            if (args[count].charAt(0) != '-' || args[count].equals("-C")
+                || args[count].equals("--release"))
                 break;
 
             String name = args[count];

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/tools/jar/ReleaseBeforeFiles.java	Thu Oct 13 11:54:27 2016 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8167237
+ * @summary test that both old style command line options and new gnu style
+ *          command line options work with the --release option whether or
+ *          not the --release option is preceded by a file name.
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @modules jdk.jartool/sun.tools.jar
+ * @build jdk.testlibrary.FileUtils
+ * @run testng ReleaseBeforeFiles
+ */
+
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import jdk.testlibrary.FileUtils;
+
+public class ReleaseBeforeFiles {
+    private Runnable onCompletion;
+
+    @BeforeMethod
+    public void reset() {
+        onCompletion = null;
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod
+    public void run() {
+        if (onCompletion != null) {
+            onCompletion.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test  // passes before bug fix
+    public void test1() throws IOException {
+        mkdir("test1");
+        touch("test1/testfile1");
+        jar("cf test.jar --release 9 test1");
+        jar("tf test.jar");
+        rm("test.jar test1");
+    }
+
+    @Test  // fails before bug fix
+    public void test2() throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("=====");
+        mkdir("test1");
+        touch("test1/testfile1");
+        onCompletion = () -> rm("test.jar test1");
+        jar("--create --file=test.jar --release 9 test1");
+        jar("tf test.jar");
+    }
+
+    @Test  // passes before bug fix
+    public void test3() throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("=====");
+        mkdir("test1");
+        touch("test1/testfile1");
+        jar("-cf test.jar -C test1 .");
+        jar("-uf test.jar --release 9 -C test1 .");
+        jar("tf test.jar");
+        rm("test.jar test1");
+    }
+
+    @Test  // fails before bug fix
+    public void test4() throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("=====");
+        mkdir("test1");
+        touch("test1/testfile1");
+        onCompletion = () -> rm("test.jar test1");
+        jar("--create --file=test.jar -C test1 .");
+        jar("--update --file=test.jar --release 9 -C test1 .");
+        jar("tf test.jar");
+    }
+
+    @Test  // passes before bug fix since test2 precedes --release 9
+    public void test5() throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("=====");
+        mkdir("test1 test2");
+        touch("test1/testfile1 test2/testfile2");
+        jar("--create --file=test.jar -C test1 .");
+        jar("--update --file=test.jar test2 --release 9 -C test1 .");
+        jar("tf test.jar");
+        rm("test.jar test1 test2");
+    }
+
+    private Stream<Path> mkpath(String... args) {
+        return Arrays.stream(args).map(d -> Paths.get(".", d.split("/")));
+    }
+
+    private void mkdir(String cmdline) {
+        System.out.println("mkdir -p " + cmdline);
+        mkpath(cmdline.split(" +")).forEach(p -> {
+            try {
+                Files.createDirectories(p);
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(x);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void touch(String cmdline) {
+        System.out.println("touch " + cmdline);
+        mkpath(cmdline.split(" +")).forEach(p -> {
+            try {
+                Files.createFile(p);
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(x);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void rm(String cmdline) {
+        System.out.println("rm -rf " + cmdline);
+        mkpath(cmdline.split(" +")).forEach(p -> {
+            try {
+                if (Files.isDirectory(p)) {
+                    FileUtils.deleteFileTreeWithRetry(p);
+                } else {
+                    FileUtils.deleteFileIfExistsWithRetry(p);
+                }
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(x);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void jar(String cmdline) throws IOException {
+        System.out.println("jar " + cmdline);
+        boolean ok = new sun.tools.jar.Main(System.out, System.err, "jar")
+                .run(cmdline.split(" +"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(ok);
+    }
+}