Objcopy on Solaris prior to 2.21.1 is broken and will either crash during runtime or produce an incorrect result. We have traditionally handled this using two helper binaries that does the work of objcopy, but this has been error prone and is not a really nice solution. And by now, a fixed version of objcopy has been long time available in Solaris.
We should implement the same solution in configure as the fix for JDK-8033602 in hotspot, that is, to check the version of objcopy on solaris, and just disable use if it is old and broken. This will allow us to remove the cumbersome helper tools that were developed to work around these limitations. Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8064808 WebRev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8064808-disable-broken-objcopy-on-solaris/webrev.01 /Magnus
