Which JDK in the build directory is the one that is shipped?

[Andrew Haley]

On 2/11/24 11:14, Julian Waters wrote:
> Hi Erik,
> 
> Thanks for the clarification! How then does Oracle compile the JDK, such that the versioning numbers appear in the following manner?
> 
> C:\Users\vertig0>java --version
> java 21 2023-09-19 LTS
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 21+35-LTS-2513)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21+35-LTS-2513, mixed mode, sharing)
> 
> (My system doesn't have OpenJDK as its main JDK, and uses the Oracle JDK instead. The "Java" strings should rightfully be "OpenJDK", so pay no mind to that. Last I remember, the printed OpenJDK version is the same as above except for "Java(TM)" being "OpenJDK" instead)
> 
> The MSYS2 Project would prefer to have its MinGW JDKs versioned as such (Eg build 21+35-LTS-2513 or whatever), rather than something like "23-internal-adhoc.mingwci.jdk", and we'd prefer to mimic how Oracle compiles both OpenJDK and Oracle JDK as closely as possible.
> 
> I sh ./configure --helpbelieve Oracle probably does it by specifying different parts of the version string on configure, something like
> 
> bash configure <Whatever the option string and other compile options are>

"sh ./configure --help" and look for the --with-version options.

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