RFR: 8351842: Windows specific issues in combination of JEP 493 and --with-external-symbols-in-bundles=public [v2]

[Erik Joelsson]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:51:39 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Why not add a make target (make exchange-full-and-stripped-pdbs or something similar) that does the exchange, if desired ? In case someone prefers keeping the full pdbs as the default to use, do not call the additional make target. Means - people who do not want the 'swap' in the tested image, simply do not do it; sounds good and simple!
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> (currently we run a script or Java program, but having this directly as a make target sounds better to me)

I do not like the idea of such a make target. Make targets should be idempotent, not cause circular rebuilds and not be dependent on ordering. A target performing this kind of action would most likely break one or more of those aspects.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24012#issuecomment-3422057814