Review Request: 8005855: build-infra: Remove -R flag when cross compiling

[Erik Joelsson]

8003958 fixes this for sizer generation yes, but there is also one 
library in CompileNativeLibraries that has X_LIBS on the link line. But 
I suppose we shouldn't fix it unless there is a problem with it.

/Erik

On 2013-01-09 03:56, David Holmes wrote:
> On 9/01/2013 5:56 AM, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>> I need more info on this, what is X_LIBS for, and why remove ALL -R 
>> options.
>
> IIRC Fredrik added this to deal with some binary difference detected 
> on OSX. I don't know what these variables actually contain
>
>> I always considered the -R options to be LD options, not library 
>> specifications really.
>> The -L and -l options are library specifications, but -R is just a 
>> path that gets baked into the .so
>> for runtime access to the libraries, the paths don't have to exist at 
>> build time.
>
> The paths that get baked in at build time may not exist at runtime.
>
> Also for cross-compilation the -R option is not recognized - which is 
> what
>
> https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8003958
>
> build-infra: Cross-compilation of sizers utility has been broken
>
> is all about. So these two bugs seems to be overlapping somewhat - but 
> the real fix is 8003958.
>
> David
> -----
>
>> -kto
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2013, at 5:35 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>>
>>> Filter away -R flags from X_LIBS variable in configure.
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8005855/webrev.root.01/
>>