Thanks David and Erik, A bit more confused...I don't know what hotspot is.
I am aware of configure --with-build-number and --with-milestone and indeed use them....and that is why I get bin/java -version openjdk version "1.8.0-20141202" // note how this version is stamped with a date OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-20141202-HDS-174701) // note how this portion is also decorated with date, label and more numbers OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode) ^^^^ /// what is this b70 The b70 makes me think that I am not working with the tip Let me ask the question another way... If I pull the latest and "hg tags" says b132 as in >> unix> cd srcDir/jdk ; hg tags | head -2 >> tip 9107:687fd7c7986d >> jdk8-b132 9106:43cb25339b55 >> Can I then be sure that I am indeed working with the tip...? David...you see how yours is showing the b132 > java version "1.8.0" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132) // look there is the > b132 thing -b132 > Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode) > Again, I need to make sure I have the latest and be able to query some binary (java or javac) to show that it is the latest. Thanks Medi ________________________________________ From: Erik Joelsson [erik.joels...@oracle.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:33 AM To: David Holmes; Medi Montaseri; build-dev@openjdk.java.net Subject: Re: Confirming JDK 8 GA version The source/makefiles are not aware of the build number. It's assigned from an external source at the time of building a promoted build. If you want your version number to better match 8 GA, you will have to play around with the configure arguments --with-build-number and possibly --with-milestone. Also, as David pointed out, in JDK 8, hotspot has it's own numbering. /Erik On 2014-12-03 06:13, David Holmes wrote: > On 3/12/2014 12:25 PM, Medi Montaseri wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just wanted to confirm some issues: >> I am interested in building the latest (tip) of jdk8 GA release. >> >> 1- jdk8 GA is different from jdk8u (u is for updates), I should get >> the src from http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8 >> 2- The latest tagged version of the src is >> "jdk8-b132 9106:43cb25339b55" >> 3- I confirm that I have the latest src (for GA) by running "hg tags" >> like >> unix> cd srcDir/jdk ; hg tags | head -2 >> tip 9107:687fd7c7986d >> jdk8-b132 9106:43cb25339b55 >> >> I go ahead and build everything and then run "java -version" and I see >> >> openjdk version "1.8.0-20141202" >> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-20141202-HDS-174701) >> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode) >> >> Q- Why am I seeing "build 25.0-b70" ? Does this "b70" has anything to >> do with above "jdk8-b132" ? > > That is the hotspot version number and build number as used in the GA > build of JDK 8. It is correct. > > java version "1.8.0" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132) > Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode) > > David > ----- > >> Thanks >> Medi >>