RFR: 8339480: Build static-jdk image with a statically linked launcher [v9]

[Jiangli Zhou]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:30:10 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> I can confirm that with your patch, and clang, and a complete wipe + rebuild, the .java file loading works. I'm currently testing with gcc as well.
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>> Good.
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>> I tested using gcc.
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> @jianglizhou Thank you for your assistance in figuring out the problem. I guess I throw out too much code from the hermetic-java-runtime branch when trying to minimize the changes to only build-related stuff. The jimage changes were so busy so I probably ignored them a bit too much.

@magicus Just want to check if there's anything that you are waiting from me for this PR. My understanding is that you'll update the PR to fix the incremental build and debuginfo before the last review iteration. Please let me know if there are anything else. Thanks!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20837#issuecomment-2472135324