Can't run Graal with JDK 11

[Andrew Haley]

On 05/02/2018 10:18 AM, Doug Simon wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 2 May 2018, at 11:08, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> On 05/02/2018 09:55 AM, Doug Simon wrote:
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>>> Until that's done, I agree that getting work done on jaotc will be
>>> challenging. The only workaround I can think of is to use the `mx
>>> updategraalinopenjdk` command as part of your workflow.
>>
>> That sounds like it would probably work, but of course it corrupts the
>> source of the OpenJDK I'm working on.
> 
> The updategraalinopenjdk tool should only touch the Graal
> directories in OpenJDK. If not, it's a bug and will be fixed.

Sure, but it's tricky to think about how the process works.  If I make
back-end changes then I sometimes have to make small tweaks to the
Graal sources inside OpendJDK so as not to break builds.  So, I'll
have to keep two parallel build trees.

>> I guess I can live with that for now, but as Graal is part of
>> OpenJDK and seems likely to be important we're going to have to
>> make it easier for people to work on.  In the long run, as you
>> might expect, I'd prefer it to be a first-class part of OpenJDK.
> 
> Yes, I agree that would simplify the OpenJDK development
> process. However, Graal is used in a number of other contexts and as
> such needs to be developed and tested independently of OpenJDK. We
> will continue to try mitigate OpenJDK development pain by providing
> tools such as updategraalinopenjdk.

Fair enough.  My primary concern is -- of course -- how to minimize
pain for myself, but also to encourage more contributors to OpenJDK.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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