Hotspot - kind of build and how to detect?

[David Holmes]

On 15/02/2013 5:09 AM, Mani Sarkar wrote:
> I had asked a query [1] long ago in line with the different builds types
> when build the OpenJDK project or sub-projects. I have another query
> related to it - i.e. is there a way to determine what type of build you are
> currently configured for? Is there an OS environment variable that contains
> one of the following after we run configure:
>
>   debug
>   fastdebug
>   generated
>   jvmg
>   optimized
>   product
>   profiles

(generated is not a type of build)

The spec.gmk and hotspot-spec.gmk files in the build directory will tell 
you somethings. spec.gmk has for example:

# using 'configure --with-jdk-variant=normal 
--with-jvm-variants=client,server --with-target-bits=32 
--with-cups-include=/
java/devtools/share/cups/include/ --with-debug-level=release 
--disable-ccache'

and BUILD_VARIANT_RELEASE

hotspot-spec.gmk has for example:

# Legacy setting: OPT or DBG
VARIANT:=OPT
# Legacy setting: true or false
FASTDEBUG:=false

but I don't think you can configure all possibilities here. I think some 
choices are still influenced by environment variables.

> My other query with regards to the folder  '*
> linux-x86_64-normal-server-release*/' under the main /build folder. The
> naming is OS, CPU and other factors dependant, is there a way to determine
> through an OS environment variable or through calling a script what name
> the folder would get when a build was successful?

Determine or define? I always control the above by creating the output 
directory I want and then cd into it and run configure.

David
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> Any suggestions leading to answers to the above would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers
> mani
> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/build-dev@openjdk.java.net/msg07325.html
>