Withdrawn: RFR: JDK-8252769 Fail-fast in configure if git config autocrlf has invalid value

Magnus Ihse Bursie magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com
Thu Sep 3 14:53:07 UTC 2020


I withdraw this RFR. Erik H and I have found a superior solution. I'll 
get back later with a completely different approach to the problem.

/Magnus

On 2020-09-03 15:43, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> Over and over again, people are running into issues when their git 
> config has core.autocrlf set to true or input. (This is apparently 
> done by default by some Windows git installations.)
>
> This will not work with the OpenJDK build system.
>
> We should check this at configure time and give suitable error message 
> if this is detected.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252769
> WebRev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8252769-warn-on-autocrlf/webrev.01
>
> /Magnus




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