when to reconfigure?

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 07/26/2013 11:58 AM, Tim Bell wrote:
> Hi Jon:
>
>> Build folk,
>>
>> I want to writing a script that loops over recent changesets, and 
>> builds JDK each time.  One factor to take into account is that I will 
>> occasionally need to rerun the configure script.
>>
>> Is it enough to see if (just) the generated-configure.sh has changed? 
>> Or, do I need to check if any other files may have changed as well
>
> The generated-configure.sh files (there are two, one in open, one in 
> closed) are supposed to be regenerated and checked in whenever any of 
> the open/closed .m4 files are touched.
>
> From time to time, we get OpenJDK fixes that involve the 
> common/autoconf/*.m4 files.  In this case, even if the open 
> generated-configure.sh file is updated and checked in as per the 
> normal procedure, someone inside Oracle needs to step in and push an 
> update to the closed generated-configure.sh.  The closed side of the 
> build will be broken until one of us does this.  Yes, this is 
> unfortunate, but we do not have a better solution so far.
>
> In summary, you should also look for updates to the .m4 files.
>
> Tim
>

Thanks. Yes, in the end I simply checked the entire contents of the 
autoconf directory.

--Jon