On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:50:32 GMT, Erik Joelsson <[email protected]> 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. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: f279c751 Author: Erik Joelsson <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/f279c751a5b2132c11aa3a31084ee37f1a349150 Stats: 3227 lines in 4 files changed: 1251 ins; 824 del; 1152 mod 8300805: Update autoconf build-aux files with latest from 2022-09-17 Reviewed-by: mikael, clanger ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12153
