RFR: JDK-8329257: AIX: Switch HOTSPOT_TOOLCHAIN_TYPE from xlc to gcc [v3]

Tue Apr 9 17:28:09 UTC 2024

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:01:59 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @suchismith1993
>> Hi Suchi, can you please tell me when you will raise your build environment from AIX 7.2 TL5 SP5 to SP7?
>> I' am asking you, because I want to get rid of this nasty workaround.
>
> Pinging @sxa - what build environment does temurin use for AIX?

Currently XLC16 but looking to upgrade to XLC17 on the minimum supported level for it (So it wouldn't be SP7 at present). Thanks for the ping - we have no current plans to increase to SP7.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18536#discussion_r1558053537