OpenJDK build system might need to be adapted for Sun Solaris Sparc/SmartOS

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 12:00:59PM +0200, dalibor topic wrote:
> It's not very complicated. Please see http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
> for general details.
> 
> When it comes to ports to new platforms, the necessary changes may be (a
> lot) more invasive than a simple bugfix or two, though, so they should go
> through their own Projects.

Ok, so I signed the OCA and sent in three patches to address build
issues on Linux/sparcv9. Those patches were rejected with the argument
that no one can test the code, even though Oracle themselves
officially support Oracle Linux on SPARC [1].

So, how can I get those fixes in?

Thanks,
Adrian

> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/downloads/oracle-linux-sparc-3665558.html

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