* David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> [2012-01-30 21:50]: > On 31/01/2012 12:36 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote: > >* David Holmes<david.hol...@oracle.com> [2012-01-30 19:57]: > >>While gcc compilation on sparc is rare I'm not sure that simply > >>deleting the sparc-only option unconditionally is the right thing to > >>do. > >> > > > >I thought about that too. But I was unable to find info on OpenJDK + > >SPARC + Linux. Is that combination even supported? The README doesn't > >list it: > >http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html#MBE > > Linux-sparc is not one of Oracle's supported OpenJDK platforms. > However AFAIK there are people in the community building OpenJDK on > Linux-sparc using the Zero interpreter. I don't know if this would > affect them but it still seems to me that we should be careful not > to break other people's builds. >
Ah fair enough. If it is supported, the patch definitely needs to be fixed. I will re-post. Thanks for taking a look! Deepak > David > ----- > > >The option seemed more like a relic from Solaris + SPARC config rather > >than a requirement for Linux + SPARC. > > > > >Cheers, > >Deepak > > > >>David > >> > >>On 31/01/2012 1:20 AM, Deepak Bhole wrote: > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>JDK builds currently fail with GCC 4.7 due to its stricter option > >>>checking. > >>> > >>>GCC 4.6 and prior ignored invalid options -- GCC 4.7 does not. Certain > >>>files in JDK supply the -mimpure-text option to GCC. This option is only > >>>valid on SPARC[1,2]. As a result, GCC 4.7 throws an error during build > >>>on Linux (I suppose . > >>> > >>>This patch removes the option: > >>>http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dbhole/GCC-4.7-JDK8.00 > >>> > >>>1: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gcc/SPARC-Options.html > >>>2: > >>>http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gcc/i386-and-x86_002d64-Options.html > >>> > >>>If OK for push, please feel free to do so (I don't have commit access). > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Deepak