On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:50:01 GMT, Christoph Langer <clan...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> For a long time, we have been stuck with very old versions of the autoconf 
>> build-aux (config.guess and config.sub) files. Now we have legal approval 
>> for updating these files to versions 2022-09-17.
>> 
>> I have gone through all the modifications we are currently applying through 
>> the wrappers and removed those that aren't needed anymore. Most could be 
>> removed, but for some we seem to have defined our own platform standard. 
>> This means we won't be getting rid of the wrapper files anytime soon, if 
>> ever. We will likely be able to update the autoconf provided files more 
>> frequently in the future however.
>> 
>> I tested config.guess by putting my own `uname` shell script in the path to 
>> emulate the output for different platforms. It would still be good if people 
>> supporting the more unusual platforms could verify that they still work.
>
> Hi Erik,
> I'll give it a spin in SAP's CI. Will let you know results by tomorrow.

Thanks @RealCLanger and @vidmik!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12153

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