[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8299616: [11u] Bootcycle build fails after JDK-8257679 backport [v2]

[Christoph Langer]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:54:39 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Currently, JDK 11u `make bootcycle-images` fails with:
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>>  bootcycle-spec.gmk:32: *** non-numeric first argument to `word' function: ''. Stop.
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>> The apparent reason is [JDK-8257679](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8257679) that did the following change:
>>  https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u-dev/commit/40f4fc2da8532252a1660c7f082eb19046f4bc70#diff-935527b393cb4625a8874febf5fe39d43479a2228ef437f4e104ba3001e1e30fL31-L40
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>> Note that the left-over hunk uses `JAVA_EXEC_POS`, which is defined in the hunk that was removed. This PR reinstantiates that hunk.
>> 
>> Additional testing:
>>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `make bootcycle-images`
>>  - [ ] Windows x86_64 fastdebug `make bootcycle-images`
>
> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Fix comment order

Marked as reviewed by clanger (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1639