RFR: JDK-8241421 Cleanup handling of jtreg

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2020-03-23 18:20, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> On 3/23/20 7:32 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>> On 2020-03-23 07:21, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>>>
>>> On 3/23/20 6:06 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The environment variable name JT_HOME is defined by Jtreg itself so 
>>>> I think it makes sense to use that. Configure is still honoring it, 
>>>> but run-test-prebuilt is not. We can of course use a different 
>>>> variable name internally, but I don't really see the reason as 
>>>> JT_HOME is the generally accepted one. 
>>>
>>> Would it help to migrate jtreg towards using JTREG_HOME, as a 
>>> preferred alternative to JT_HOME?
>>>
>> Yes, I think that would help. Didn't even consider that possibility.
>>
>> /Erik
>>
>>
>
> I'll put that change into jtreg, so that it is available in the next 
> update for jtreg.
Nice, thank you very much! When is that due? That is, should I hold this 
patch and wait for the next jtreg, or should I find a temporary solution 
until then?

/Magnus
>
> -- Jon
>