RFR: JDK-8213239 Configure cannot handle command overrides with arguments

[Erik Joelsson]

Looks good.

/Erik

On 2019-10-15 05:47, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> When overriding a tool for configure, any options passed to that tool 
> is lost. For instance, NICE="nice -n0" would result in NICE being just 
> "nice".
>
> With this fix, if you send in an override like NICE="/usr/bin/nice 
> -n0", it will verify that /usr/bin/nice exists and is executable (as 
> before), and then it will use NICE verbatim. For an override like 
> NICE="nice -n0" without a path, we will search the path for "nice" 
> (just like with no override at all), and then we will append the "-n0" 
> arguments to it. This allows for users to add arguments to tools, but 
> still let configure find them using standard methods.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8213239
> WebRev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8213239-handle-configure-overrides-with-arguments/webrev.01
>
> /Magnus