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

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Fri, 2020-01-10 at 13:19 -0800, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Hello Severin,
> 
> Looks good.

Thanks for the review, Erik!

> /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.

I'd love to see that patch pushed to graal master! :)

Thanks,
Severin

> > 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
> > >