RFR (XXS) 8224790: Remove Xusage.txt file

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Wed May 29 22:04:31 UTC 2019


Thanks Mandy!

David

On 30/05/2019 7:19 am, Mandy Chung wrote:
> Looks good to me.
> 
> Mandy
> 
> On 5/25/19 1:49 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8224790
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8224790/webrev/
>>
>> Before Java 7 the Xusage.txt file was used to print the "java -X" help 
>> information in English. From Java 7 this information was provided in 
>> localised format by the launcher. The Xusage.txt file was not removed 
>> at the time because it was also used by the gamma launcher. But the 
>> gamma launcher was removed in java 8 - JDK-8008772. The information in 
>> Xusage.txt has become stale and incomplete (despite several edits post 
>> Java 7). It should just be removed.
>>
>> Also removed the build logic that copied the file into the JDK image.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
> 


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