docs requires hotspot?

[Erik Joelsson]

I was a bit quick to reply here. Docs are dependent on jdk, for 
generated classes at least, and jdk is dependent on hotspot. Could these 
dependencies be more fine granular, yes, but the question is if it's 
worth the extra complexity.

/Erik

On 2012-12-11 10:29, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Good point. Should fix those dependencies. Filed 8004844.
>
> On 2012-12-11 03:29, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>> If I build the docs target in an otherwise clean environment, the 
>> build still wades through compiling hotspot. Is this really necessary 
>> and/or to be expected?
>>
>> Don't we use interim-javadoc running on the BOOT_JAVA to build docs?
>>
>> -- Jon