RFR: 8339480: Build static-jdk image with a statically linked launcher [v9]

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:29:51 GMT, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> I notice incremental build with your current PR doesn't update `static-jdk/bin/java` properly. This should be fixed as well.
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>> This I fully agree with; it cannot wait for a follow-up PR. I'll look into it as soon as I have gotten back to a working build.
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>> I can confirm that with your patch, and clang, and a complete wipe + rebuild, the .java file loading works. I'm currently testing with gcc as well.
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>> I can confirm that with your patch, and clang, and a complete wipe + rebuild, the .java file loading works. I'm currently testing with gcc as well.
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> Good.
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> I tested using gcc.

@jianglizhou Thank you for your assistance in figuring out the problem. I guess I throw out too much code from the hermetic-java-runtime branch when trying to minimize the changes to only build-related stuff. The jimage changes were so busy so I probably ignored them a bit too much.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20837#issuecomment-2455741013