Problems with JDK8 build on Ubuntu?

[dalibor topic]

Probably - jdk8/jdk8 is the GA source code from a few years ago. 
jdk8u/jdk8u is the latest JDK 8 updates.

cheers,
dalibor topic

On 23.11.2017 12:12, Ted Neward wrote:
> Errr….. What’s the difference, again?
> 
> I cloned java.net/jdk8/jdk8, which is what I thought was the correct repo—is there a new URL? I haven’t done this in a while, so I jumped onto Google and took the first URL in a description that seemed correct. Am I trying to clone the wrong repo?
> 
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> On 11/23/17, 3:08 AM, "build-dev on behalf of dalibor topic" <build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net on behalf of dalibor.topic at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>      You're not trying to build jdk8/jdk8 instead of jdk8u/jdk8u, right?
>      
>      cheers,
>      dalibor topic
>      
>      On 23.11.2017 11:50, Ted Neward wrote:
>      > Yeah, I’ve got build-dep and openjdk-8. I’ll have a look at the source, but this begs a question: Why hasn’t it been backported to the JDK8 repo, if it’s a known fix?
>      >
>      > Ted Neward
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>      >
>      > On 11/23/17, 2:32 AM, "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" <glaubitz at physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>      >
>      >      Hi Ted!
>      >
>      >      On 11/23/2017 11:23 AM, Ted Neward wrote:
>      >      > When I run it, there’s a problem about OS version detection, which I found a fix
>      >      > for, but then it appears that there’s some kind of syntax error in a generate makefile.
>      >      > Before I attach a ridiculously long logfile, does anybody have a quick fix or know where
>      >      > I should go to get the fix?
>      >
>      >      I suggest having a look at the Debian packaging source for the openjdk-8 package
>      >      which is also used in Ubuntu (the maintainer is Matthias Klose in both cases) [1].
>      >
>      >      Have a look at the patches in debian/patches as well as the build script in debian/
>      >      rules. This should give you the right idea on what is necessary to OpenJDK 8 build
>      >      on Ubuntu.
>      >
>      >      Please also make sure you have the necessary build dependencies installed:
>      >
>      >      # apt build-dep openjdk-8
>      >
>      >      Adrian
>      >
>      >      > [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openjdk/openjdk/openjdk8/files
>      >
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