RFR: JDK -8001933 Move Gensrc*.gmk and Gendata*.gmk into separate directories

Magnus Ihse Bursie magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com
Mon Oct 14 08:07:34 UTC 2013


On 2013-10-11 20:18, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8001933
>
> In the makefiles directory in the jdk repo, there are a lot of files 
> -- important files, and lot of small helper files. Many of them share 
> a common filename prefix; however, there is a better kind of 
> namespaces to show hierarchy in file systems: directories! :-)
>
> This fix moves all the "Gensrc*" files into the "gensrc" directory, 
> and all the "Gendata*" into the "gendata" directory. The result is a 
> clearer picture of the overall structure of the JDK build system.
>
> WebRev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8001933-move-gensrc-and-gendata/webrev.01

In private communication, Erik suggested that we take this opportunity 
to rename GenerateJavaSources.gmk to GenerateSources.gmk, since it's 
actually more accurate (we are generating other kinds of sources, not 
only Java source code).

Updated WebRev: 
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8001933-move-gensrc-and-gendata/webrev.02

/Magnus



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