I have started working on removing the old build system. See
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8027566.
I plan do to this in several steps. I have not decided wether to commit
these steps as separate bugs, or just use this division to facilitate
developing and reviewing the fix. (Feedback on this appreciated!)
As a first step, I identified all files that was not used at all
anymore, and deleted these. The webrev I'm publishing here contains
these deletes.
As a second step, I'm processing the remaining files and see why they
are still used, from where, and if they can move to better places. A lot
of them are only used in closed sources, and should therefore move to
the closed repositories. Some of them are used by the new build system,
and should be integrated into the new build system instead.
Finally, I plan to move the new build system from "makefiles" to the
now-more-or-less-empty "make" directories. For a full rationale of this,
please see the JBS bug. In short: it makes no sense to have to make
directories, and we can't get rid of the "make" directory anyhow.
But in this step is just the removal of the non-problematic parts of the
old build. If you see anything being removed here that should not be,
please let me now!
Also, I have replaced the old top-level Makefile with the contents of
NewMakefile.gmk.
(The .jcheck removals are just while I'm working, I couldn't find an
easy way to hide them in the webrev. I do not intend to check them in).
WebRev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/remove-old-build-part-1/webrev.02
/Magnus
