[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8295229: Try to verify gtest version

[Aleksey Shipilev]

Clean backport on the way to cleanly backport gtest updates.

Additional testing:
 - [x] Configure works with gtest 1.8.1 locally
 - [ ] GHA (implicitly tests current gtest works)

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Commit messages:
 - Backport cd1357b0af0d4e3b459fcf88e67510502464bb90

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1708/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=1708&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8295229
  Stats: 23 lines in 3 files changed: 22 ins; 0 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1708.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/1708/head:pull/1708

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1708