jdk8 Build changes

[Volker Simonis]

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Kelly O'Hair <kelly.ohair at oracle.com> wrote:

> Excuse the wide mailing, but it was important to try and reach anyone
> building jdk8.
>
> The jdk8/build repositories at http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/build have
> been changed to use the new
> build-infra "configure&make" build setup, so it is official, but it still
> needs to be integrated into the
> main jdk8/jdk8 repositories at http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8. This
> is expected to happen
> in 2 weeks.
>
> A few bullet points:
>
> * ANY changes to ANY make/ files from now until we integrate into
> jdk8/jdk8 represents a risk, please talk to us first.
> * Windows CYGWIN 1.7.16+ will be required, MKS will no longer work.
>

What about the MinGW build?

Recently there have been changes (7152336 : Enable builds on Windows with
MinGW/MSYS and 7181175 : Enable builds on Windows with MinGW/MSYS) which
enabled the MinGW build in the
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/buildforest. I always thought that the
MinGW build would be the default for the
new build systems but reading your mail this apparently isn't true.

Will the MinGW build just not be the default one or will it not work / not
be supported at all?
If not, will the MinGW changes just get lost in the old build
infrastructure?

Regards,
Volker


> * This only applies to builds being done from the top repository, i.e.
> building the entire JDK
> * Should be faster in all cases, however we have seen some cases where the
> benefit is slight, depends on the machine&disk used.
> * The highly parallel building could swamp some systems, you may need to
> use "make JOBS=2" to dial it down
> * For a limited time, the old Makefiles can still be used with "make
> NEWBUILD=false"
> * Also for a limited time, people allergic to using "configure" can try
> "make bridgeBuild"
>
> Please let us know about any issues you encounter, if you have access to
> JBS to file the issue please do so,
> use component=infrastructure and subcomponent=build, and add the label
> "build-infra".
> If you don't have access to JBS, provide us the details and we will file
> the issue for you.
>
> -kto
>
>