On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 20:50:11 GMT, Christoph Langer <clan...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > Looks good overall. I suggest to remove the BUILD_NM variable in this PR 
> > > as well. We should then wait with a final review until some folks from 
> > > the Oracle build team are back.
> > 
> > 
> > What is the motivation for removing BUILD_NM? I believe that would break 
> > cross compilation.
> 
> Hm, I guess I didn't/don't really understand how it is used. But alright then 
> 😄

All the `BUILD_` prefixed variables replace the main variables when compiling a 
"BUILDJDK" during a cross compilation build. This happens in 
`make/autoconf/buildjdk-spec.gmk.in`. For completeness we should add a 
BUILD_NMFLAGS, but I think that can wait for now.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15150#issuecomment-1671209008

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