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

[Erik Joelsson]

Looks good to me.

/Erik

On 2016-04-14 18:41, Mikael Vidstedt wrote:
>
> Please review the following change which removes the "client" VM from 
> the default JIB build profile on windows-x86 and linux-x86:
>
> 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/
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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:
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8154204
>
>
> Testing:
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
> Mikael
>