RFR: 8146788: remove jvmci.jar from mx suite

Christian Thalinger christian.thalinger at oracle.com
Wed Jan 13 23:30:34 UTC 2016


> On Jan 13, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Doug Simon <doug.simon at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Fair enough. This was mainly removed because it’s not used by Graal any more. But you’re right, it’s still useful when hacking on JVMCI itself from within Eclipse.
> 
> How to I withdraw this JBS issue? Close it with “Won’t fix”?

There is “Withdrawn” which is technically for JEPs.  “Won’t Fix” works.

> 
>> On 14 Jan 2016, at 00:09, Christian Thalinger <christian.thalinger at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m not sure about this.  One reason to have the monolithic jvmci.jar is to not have to build the JVMCI on command line when you make a change in your IDE:
>> 
>> cthaling at macbook:~/ws/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot$ mx -v vm -version
>> /Users/cthaling/ws/jdk9/hs-comp/build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -server -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+EnableJVMCI -d64 -Xbootclasspath/p:/Users/cthaling/ws/jdk9/hs-comp/build/mx/hotspot/dists/jvmci.jar -version
>> java version "9-internal"
>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9-internal+0-2016-01-11-180948.cthaling.hs-comp)
>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9-internal+0-2016-01-11-180948.cthaling.hs-comp, mixed mode)
>> 
>>> On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:05 AM, Doug Simon <doug.simon at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Please this small change to remove generation of a jvmci.jar by the mx JVMCI build system.
>>> 
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146788
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dnsimon/8146788/
>>> 
>>> -Doug
>> 
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