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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi, we were running recently into this build error  in jdk11u-dev  when a BOOTSTRAP JDK10 was used :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:#2000">   …\</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:#2000">jdk11u-dev\src\jdk.javadoc\share\classes\jdk\javadoc\internal\doclets\formats\html\HtmlDoclet.java:253:
 error: cannot find symbol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:#2000">                    legalNoticesDir = Path.of(legalNotices);</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">See also this JBS issue dealing with a fix
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><a href="https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8305528">https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8305528</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[11u] Backport of JDK-8259530 breaks build with JDK10 bootstrap VM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But a number of questions come to my mind :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Should the build settings of these modules built  directly with the BOOTJDK  (here 10)  be adjusted, so that using jdk11 functionality  is  a compile error<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">at compile time, even with a BOOTJDK11  ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Why is it not allowed to use  jdk11 stuff  in  jdk.javadoc  , in other parts of the JDK11 codebase it is perfectly fine (e.g. whole java.base uses of course Path.of)
 ?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Does it make sense to still  support  these days an ancient jdk10 as boot JDK for 11 ?
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards, Matthias<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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