RFR: JDK-8151656: Minor tweaks to old Hotspot build to ease comparison with new

Tim Bell tim.bell at oracle.com
Sun Mar 13 20:25:14 UTC 2016


Erik:

> In preparation for the new Hotspot build, there are a few changes to 
> the old build that needs to happen first. These changes should be 
> harmless, but do impact the generated binaries some. These changes are:
>
> * Standardizing sort order for objects on link command line on Windows 
> to a locale independent order.
> * Working around compare differences caused by the __FILE__ macro in 
> certain generated files by overriding the value of __FILE__ in those 
> files.
>
> By making these changes first and separate from introducing the new 
> build we reduce the potential impact of when we do introduce the new 
> build.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8151656
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8151656/index.html

OK, looks good to me.

/Tim




More information about the build-dev mailing list