Note the corollary is that this impacts when javac can use recent
language features. i.e. in order to build the "interim javac", the
javac source code must be compatible with the "boot JDK". There's
nothing inherently new in that, but the new release schedule is
definitely going to have an im
Thanks, I used 9 as boot. It is definitely worthwhile to update the build
doc in this regard.
- Nir
On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Erik Joelsson
wrote:
> The build hasn't used javah in a long time, so the configure check for it
> is just a left over that we forgot to clean up. It should certa
The build hasn't used javah in a long time, so the configure check for
it is just a left over that we forgot to clean up. It should certainly
be removed and we will be forced to do it once we switch to JDK 10 as
boot jdk for 11.
Note though that we will not switch to JDK 10 as boot for 11 unti
On 03/01/2018 04:05, Martin Buchholz wrote:
I agree configure should not fail if javah is not found. A high quality
configure test would first check if javac -h works, then fall back to javah
if that works, regardless of the boot jdk's version.
JDK-8193512 removes the check for javah from boot-
I agree configure should not fail if javah is not found. A high quality
configure test would first check if javac -h works, then fall back to javah
if that works, regardless of the boot jdk's version.
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 6:33 AM, Nir Lisker wrote:
> I'm trying to build OpenJDK 11 as instruct
On 3/01/2018 12:33 AM, Nir Lisker wrote:
I'm trying to build OpenJDK 11 as instructed here:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/raw-file/tip/doc/building.html.
When executing `bash configure
--with-import-modules=jfx_path\rt\build\modular-sdk`
(I've build JavaFX) the build fails:
checking for ja
I'm trying to build OpenJDK 11 as instructed here:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/raw-file/tip/doc/building.html.
When executing `bash configure
--with-import-modules=jfx_path\rt\build\modular-sdk`
(I've build JavaFX) the build fails:
checking for java in Boot JDK... ok
checking for javac in
