RFR: 8287873: Add test for using -XX:+AutoCreateSharedArchive with different JDK versions [v2]

[Matias Saavedra Silva]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 22:47:32 GMT, Matias Saavedra Silva <matsaave at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is an enhancement of the test case in [JDK-8296754](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8296754), which tests against an archive created by the "boot JDK", which is usually set as the previous official JDK release when building the JDK repo.
>> 
>> If it's able to acquire previous valid JDK releases:
>>      - Download and install previous JDK versions (19 through N)
>>         where N == java.lang.Runtime.version​().major() - 1
>>      - Test the interaction of the current JDK versus each of the previous releases
>> 
>> If it's not able to find the previous releases revert to the existing logic in TestAutoCreateSharedArchiveUpgrade.java (use the test.boot.jdk or test.previous.jdk properties). Verified with tier1-4 tests.
>
> Matias Saavedra Silva has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains eight additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Fixed jib.sh
>  - Removed prints
>  - Ioi comments and jib.sh restored
>  - Merge branch 'master' into sharedArchiveTest_8287873
>  - Removing unused code
>  - Removed file added by mistake
>  - Defaults to old functionality on failure
>  - 8287873: Add test for using -XX:+AutoCreateSharedArchive with different JDK versions

After further consideration, it has been decided that testing every version from 19 to current -1 should not be the default behavior of this test. Rather, the list of JDKs to be tested can be passed as an option. This should help in performing local tests and removes the storage overhead of downloading and installing multiple JDKs.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11852