JDK-8037953 configure usability: Should provide better details on imported hotspot

[pointo1d]

Hi Erik ,

On 12/05/14 09:35, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
> This looks better. However, the test for cross compilation is bit too 
> restrictive. We have a variable called COMPILE_TYPE which can have the 
> values "native", "reduced" and "cross". Reduced means that we compile 
> for 32bit on an architecture that normally supports 64bit, and 
> achieved with the --with-target-bits=32 flag. With the current test 
> the hotspot version is not printed when a "reduced" compile is 
> configured. I would suggest testing for COMPILE_TYPE != cross.
>
> /Erik

Thanx for that, I did play with a test of "x$COMPILE_TYPE" = "xnative", 
but obviously the semantics of the values weren't quite as clear as I 
thought.

>
> On 2014-05-09 14:49, pointo1d wrote:
>> Further to my previous e-mail, pls be advised that the webrev is now 
>> up on openjdk at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ngmr/8037953/webrev.00.
>>
>> Rgds ,
>>
>

Thanx again ,

-- 
​Dave Pointon FIAP MBCS

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