[aarch64-port-dev ] [RFR] 8151841: Build needs additional flags to compile with GCC 6 [plus parts of 8149647 & 8032045]

[Andrew Hughes]

On 31 August 2017 at 10:04, Andrew Dinn <adinn at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 30/08/17 16:29, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>> I haven't merged to shenandoah/jdk8u yet as it doesn't seem worth it
>> for just the one fix and there is nothing else in the aarch64/jdk8u repositories
>> after aarch64-jdk8u144-b01. Are there any pending backports to aarch64/jdk8u
>> which would then make a worthwhile batch of changes to merge over to
>> the Shenandoah tree?
>>
>> Of course, in the worst case, it'll be merged with the next security update
>> in October.
> I don't know of any other changes that need merging. However, it would
> be very helpful also to have this in shenandoah/jdk8u repo because it
> ensures that anyone can build the repo on fedora, not just those who
> know the necessary black magic. I'm particularly thinking of JBoss staff
> like Andy Miller (who recently wanted to build and a Shenandoah
> slowdebug JVM and then debug it using gdb). So, unless there is a good
> reason not to merge just this one change could we please have it?
>
> regards,
>
>
> Andrew Dinn
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I wasn't proposing to not merge it, just that we wouldn't do a merge solely for
this change. It would have been nicer to bring in a number of changes rather
than just the one. However, I do agree it's a pain; it's been driving me mad
for the last year.

Tagged as aarch64-jdk8u144-b02 and merged as aarch64-shenandoah-jdk8u144-b02
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