RFR: 8349399: GHA: Add static-jdk build on linux-x64

[Jiangli Zhou]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 17:01:04 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this change that adds a `linux-x86-static` job in GHA. The job builds the `static-jdk-image` release binary on linux-x64. Please see  https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/build-dev/2025-February/048830.html for some additional context.
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>> A `debug` build job (building `static-jdk-image` fastdebug binary) is not included currently. There is a known issue that causes build failure due to resource problem, which causes the `fastdebug` build fail in github workflow. Please see more related information in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8349399?focusedId=14749789&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-14749789. 
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>> GHA: https://github.com/jianglizhou/jdk/actions/runs/13163673020
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> What's the difference between `build-linux-static.yml` and `build-linux.yml`? Can we just call `build-linux.yml` to do the static build?

@shipilev Thanks for looking into this.

> What's the difference between `build-linux-static.yml` and `build-linux.yml`? Can we just call `build-linux.yml` to do the static build?

Currently, the main difference is avoiding building `static-libs-bundles` completely in `build-linux-static.yml`, since that's not needed for the testing purpose with `static-jdk-image`. In `build-linux.yml`, there is the following logic that skips building `static-libs-bundles` but for `fastdebug` build only. I actually initially started using `build-linux.yml` for the static build job, but later added `build-linux-static.yml` when I was looking for a cleaner way to skipping building `static-libs-bundles`. 


          # Only build static-libs-bundles for release builds.
          # For debug builds, building static-libs often exceeds disk space.
          STATIC_LIBS: ${{ matrix.debug-level == 'release' && 'static-libs-bundles' }}

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23471#issuecomment-2640726063