[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8273092: Sort classlist in JDK image

[Andrew Leonard]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:48:00 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > > Hi @iklam , would you be able to review this backport of your original classlist sorting please? thanks
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> > > Hmm, I am not sure why this backport is necessary.
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> > @iklam The classlist file ordering is seemingly random, and thus 2 builds of the same code produces classlist files that differ.
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> Is the goal for reproducible builds? Backporting this change alone isn't enough. The following are needed:
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> https://bugs.openjdk.org/issues/?jql=labels%20%3D%20reproducible-build%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20cds%20ORDER%20BY%20fixVersion%20ASC
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> However, the CDS code has changed significantly since JDK 17, so backporting will be very difficult.
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> Please follow https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/JDKUpdates/How+to+contribute+or+backport+a+fix and have a discussion on the [jdk-updates-dev mailing list](https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/jdk-updates-dev) before proceeding.

Thanks @iklam will do

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1632#issuecomment-1665313867