[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8239708: Split basics.m4 into basic.m4 and util.m4

[Christoph Langer]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:44:22 GMT, George Adams <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The main conflict is the lack of the WSL backport ([8215445: Enable building for Windows in WSL](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/46eb26b692ac7f9431d5b479028ec87e56707557)) Something which doesn't apply particularly cleanly and isn't required to achieve the MSYS2 backport that I'm trying to reach.
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> This backport will also considerably help many build/toolchain backports going forwards as this one nearly always trips me up when I backport patches.
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> This backport will allow me to more easily backport [8257679: Improved unix compatibility layer in Windows build (winenv)](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/d29c78da).
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> @RealCLanger / @GoeLin I suggest that this is run through the full SAP nightlies before this is merged.

I've added it to our test queue, let's see what happens 😄

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1277