> On 4 jun 2015, at 04:33, Pete Brunet <peter.bru...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > On 6/3/15 8:43 PM, Pete Brunet wrote: >> Cross posting to build-dev for possible insight regarding Jon's last >> paragraph below. >> >> On 6/3/15 8:13 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote: >>> On 06/03/2015 04:27 PM, Pete Brunet wrote: >>>> Hi, As part of my test I need to build a simple DLL and then load it >>>> from my test class. Can jtreg build the DLL or will I need to create it >>>> and include it in my test directory? -Pete >>> jtreg cannot directly compile native code. In theory, you could do it >>> in a shell script, but that immediately becomes a rats nest of "which >>> platform, and where do I find the compilers?" > Is there a way to only run the test if running on Win? The DLL will be > used as part of a test of a platform independent feature. Would only > running on Win be acceptable? Is "where to I find the compilers" still > an issue in a Win only case?
Yes - most test machines don’t have compilers on them. All compilation has to be done as part of the build. >>> >>> If you are talking about native code and tests in OpenJDK >>> repositories, then it is not acceptable to stash binaries in OpenJDK >>> repositories. But, there is an infrastructure in place for an OpenJDK >>> build to build native libraries to be made available to test code. >>> Perhaps someone else on this list can explain how that works. >>> >>> -- Jon >
