RFR: JDK-8282532: Allow explicitly setting build platform alongside --openjdk-target [v7]

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 16:48:40 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Currently the only other option for manually configuring the build platform while cross compiling are devkits, which don't work on certain systems and are also more focused on differentiating the build and target compilers instead. This patch adds the ability to explicitly set the build platform through a new option, which can be especially helpful for when autodetection fails and devkits cannot be relied on, and also for simpler cross compilation cases (Like the one described in building.md)
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>> WIP: Translation from markdown to html
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> Julian Waters has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Revert unwanted changes

I suspect you used a different version of pandoc - hence the incidental changes.

It also appears that the previous changes to building.md were not used to regenerate building.html.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7656