need to build a DLL for an openjdk test

[Staffan Larsen]

> On 4 jun 2015, at 07:10, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> On 4/06/2015 11:43 AM, Pete Brunet wrote:
>> Cross posting to build-dev for possible insight regarding Jon's last
>> paragraph below.
> 
> See jdk/make/test/JtregNative.gmk and other references to test-image.

There are example tests in jdk/test/native_sanity - take a look at those.

/Staffan

> 
> David
> 
>> On 6/3/15 8:13 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 06/03/2015 04:27 PM, Pete Brunet wrote:
>>>> Hi, As part of my test I need to build a simple DLL and then load it
>>>> from my test class.  Can jtreg build the DLL or will I need to create it
>>>> and include it in my test directory?  -Pete
>>> 
>>> jtreg cannot directly compile native code.  In theory, you could do it
>>> in a shell script, but that immediately becomes a rats nest of "which
>>> platform, and where do I find the compilers?"
>>> 
>>> If you are talking about native code and tests in OpenJDK
>>> repositories, then it is not acceptable to stash binaries in OpenJDK
>>> repositories.  But, there is an infrastructure in place for an OpenJDK
>>> build to build native libraries to be made available to test code.
>>> Perhaps someone else on this list can explain how that works.
>>> 
>>> -- Jon
>>