RFR: 8236921: Add build target to produce a JDK image suitable for a Graal/SVM build

[Erik Joelsson]

Hello Severin,

Looks good.

/Erik

On 2020-01-10 09:28, Bob Vandette wrote:
> I like it!
>
> I have to manually copy the libs each time.
>
> BTW:  I have a PR in our internal queue to update the graal repo so it can build with the latest JDK 14.
>
> Bob.
>
>
>> On Jan 10, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Currently there is no easy way to produce an OpenJDK build which could
>> subsequently be used to build Substrate VM (part of Graal CE). Basic
>> building blocks are there, but no actual JDK image is getting produced
>> with the static libs along side their dynamic counterparts. This patch
>> addresses this by adding a new target called 'graal-builder-image'
>> which produces a jdk image in $IMAGES/graal-builder-jdk. It basically
>> copies over libs from static-libs folder and the jdk folder to assemble
>> the desired result.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8236921
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8236921/02/webrev/
>>
>> I've tested this works for some snapshot of JDK 14 (rev 3009b27660be)
>> and graal at revision d9fb0b7dc35a9a7eb559a5e468bcc4c99e918449.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Severin
>>