Unused DEBUG_CLASSFILES variable in makefiles

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2015-03-06 16:11, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> Hi Magnus,
>
> On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 16:03 +0100, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> Hi Severin and Omair,
>>
>> Sorry for not replying to this earlier.
>>
>> I agree that the handling of debug information in OpenJDK has not
>> properly addressed the needs of the Linux distribution community. :-(
>>
>> And even if this does not really help you, I can perhaps comfort you
>> slightly by saying that the needs of Oracle is not properly addressed
>> either. :-&
>>
>> So I'd really like to spend some effort of revamping the code related to
>> debug symbols, so that it properly aligns with the needs of all
>> interested parties. Your mail have brought the issue higher up on the
>> urgency list.
>>
>> I'm trying to get a proper description of all use cases that we need to
>> support. I'll get back to you when I have such a description, to check
>> that I have not misunderstood the needs of the linux distribution community.
> Thanks very much! I'm very much looking forward to your proposals.
>
> Which bug are you going to use to track this? This perhaps?
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8073461

Sure, it's as good as any. :)

/Magnus