RFR: 8315578: PPC builds are broken after JDK-8304913 [v2]

Thu Sep 7 13:57:43 UTC 2023

On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 13:45:50 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> One might expect `isPPC()` to return true on PPC64 because it technically is. This is the only drawback I see.
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> I don't have a strong opinion here, so if you want PPC32, you got it in new commit :)

Yeah, at least for the `isPPC32()` method. I think a Java API should minimize risk of confusion and misunderstandings, not reflect the design of the build system. Thanks!

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15556#discussion_r1318646086