RFR: JDK-8191205 Set native-debug-symbols default to "external"

[Thomas Stüfe]

Looks good. Thanks for doing this!

..Thomas

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie <
magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> wrote:

> We should not have "zipped" as default for native-debug-symbols. In the
> future, this option should probably be dropped completely, but for now,
> start by not making it default.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191205
> Patch inline:
> diff --git a/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4 b/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4
> --- a/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4
> +++ b/make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4
> @@ -296,13 +296,13 @@
>        ],
>        [
>          if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xaix; then
> -          # AIX doesn't support 'zipped' so use 'internal' as default
> +          # AIX doesn't support 'external' so use 'internal' as default
>            with_native_debug_symbols="internal"
>          else
>            if test "x$STATIC_BUILD" = xtrue; then
>              with_native_debug_symbols="none"
>            else
> -            with_native_debug_symbols="zipped"
> +            with_native_debug_symbols="external"
>            fi
>          fi
>        ])
>
> /Magnus
>