corba, jaxp and jaxws compiled before jdk repository

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 09/12/2012 07:18 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>
> In the discussion on build-dev about boot cycle builds then Andrew 
> Hughes mentioned the problem with the old build system where jaxp, 
> jaxws and corba are compiled before the jdk repo and this can lead to 
> several problems. I had assumed this would not be an issue with the 
> new build but now I'm not sure.
>
> As a test for something that we may need to do in JDK8, I added an 
> interface to java.util.spi (jdk repository) and then attempted to 
> implement that interface in a class in the jaxp repository. This is a 
> good example of code in jaxp needing to make use of something that is 
> new in jdk8. On re-build the compile of the jaxp repository failed 
> because the new class is not known to the bootstrap JDK (and the 
> jdk/classes directory is not on the classpath specific to javac).
>
> Are corba, jaxp and jaxws compiled before jdk just to follow the old 
> build system? Given circular dependencies between these repositories 
> then has there been any consideration given to compiling them 
> together?  (I'm ignoring hotspot for now, I realize that SA and JDI 
> are issues too).
>
> -Alan

Alan,

Given the ongoing desire, for now, to verify the equivalence of old and 
new builds, this may be hard to fix before we fully commit to the new 
build system.

-- Jon