[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8284206: AIX build failure by JDK-8261169 requires a short-term solution

[Stewart X Addison]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 19:51:44 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > Updating the JVM sometimes implies updating/installing libraries

> > IMHO that's a very unusual situation - I'm not sure I can recall when that's happened within a major version stream in the time I've been working with openjdk.

> We had updated the requirements for linux after 11.0.2 (see https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Build/Supported+Build+Platforms).

Wasn't that just compiler changes which have a relevance for anyone building but shouldn't have affected users? In general we still target and run on RHEL6/Cent6 levels of software and libraries so there should have been no visible impact to users of that change.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk11u-dev/pull/991