RFR(S): 8154209: Remove client VM from default JIB profile on windows-x86 and linux-x86

[Christian Thalinger]

> On Apr 14, 2016, at 6:41 AM, Mikael Vidstedt <mikael.vidstedt at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Please review the following change which removes the "client" VM from the default JIB build profile

Is there some public documentation about JIB?  A quick search only showed a few JBS bugs that mention JIB.

> on windows-x86 and linux-x86:
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> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8154209
> Webrev (top): http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mikael/webrevs/8154209/webrev.01/
> Webrev (hotspot): http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mikael/webrevs/8154209/webrev.01/hotspot/webrev/
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> When not including the client VM, the build system automatically creates a jvm.cfg which makes -client an alias for -server. At some point in the future we may choose to output a warning and/or refuse to start up if -client is specified, but at least for now silently falling back on the -server VM seems appropriate.
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> The test/runtime/SharedArchiveFile/DefaultUseWithClient.java test assumes that CDS is always compiled in and enabled in the -client VM on windows-x86. Since -client will fall back on -server that is no longer true, so the test needs to be updated. I added an @ignore and filed the following issue to track fixing the test:
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> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8154204
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> Testing:
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> In addition to a standard JPRT push job, Christian Tornqvist helped me run the runtime nightly tests and apart from the above mentioned test all tests were successful.
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> Cheers,
> Mikael
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