On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 08:11:51 GMT, TheShermanTanker <d...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> Currently the only other option for manually configuring the build platform 
> while cross compiling are devkits, which don't work on certain systems and 
> are also more focused on differentiating the build and target compilers 
> instead. This patch adds the ability to explicitly set the build platform 
> through a new option, which can be especially helpful for when autodetection 
> fails and devkits cannot be relied on, and also for simpler cross compilation 
> cases (Like the one described in building.md)
> 
> This also removes support for the legacy cross compilation flags as well.
> 
> WIP: Translation from markdown to html

Alright, it seems I may not have selected the best approach towards the issue, 
marking it as a draft for the time being while I communicate with the mailing 
list for a better solution

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7656

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