On 09/20/2018 06:48 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: > A long time ago, we supported different "variants" of the JDK build, like > "normal" and "embedded". > The --with-jdk-variant and associated machinery has been kept in place, even > though it's not doing > anyting. Time to remove it. > > I chose to keep the "-normal-" in the build output name so as not to break > any scripts. But I'm > willing to change this if someone has a clear opinion otherwise.
This breakage would happen at some point anyway, unless we accept that "-normal-" would linger forever. It is probably for the best to break it when we purge the configure option. > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210962 > WebRev: > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8210962-deprecate-jdk-variant/webrev.01 Ah, my heart skipped a bit. It is important to mention this is _not_ jvm-variant :) $ sh ./configure --help | grep variant --with-jdk-variant JDK variant to build (normal) [normal] <--- removing this guy --with-jvm-variants JVM variants (separated by commas) to build configure: The available JVM variants are: "server client minimal core zero custom" Thanks, -Aleksey
