RFR: 8376684: Compile OpenJDK in headless mode without required X11 libraries

[Thomas Devoogdt]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:56:13 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This to support linux headless mode without X11. E.g. A headless server.
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> Sorry, this keeps falling through the cracks. I opened https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8376684 - I guess Alexey was snowed in.
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> But I am no expert in this area; @magicus and @prrace should look at this.
> 
> If this gets pushed, downporting it to LTSes is possible.

@tstuefe What is the procedure to get this back ported to the LTS branches? Just open PRs there with a reference to this one?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28310#issuecomment-3845731350