[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8318039: GHA: Bump macOS and Xcode versions

[George Adams]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:38:51 GMT, George Adams <gdams at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> In GHA, the versions of macOS (note: the version used for build/test, not the target macOS version we compile for) and Xcode are starting to show age. It's time to update to more modern versions.
>> 
>> This change bumps the macOS to 13 (from 11) and Xcode to 14.3.1 (from 12.5.1/11.7). This is a prerequisite change for JDK-8317970 / https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16155, without which the build SIGSEGVs (presumably some since-fixed issue in Xcode 12.5.1).
>> 
>> The macOS jobs are expected to fail until all remaining instances of `sprintf` have been replaced as well as gtest upgraded
>
> Looks like it's failing with sprintf errors. I'll need to backport:
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8299635 and https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8299378

> @gdams do you plan to reopen this? Now the MacOS 11 runner is gone, adding this to have some MacOS build which we can then fix with follow-up backports would be better than no build at all.

yeah it would be good to get this backported. I think the issue was the complexity of the other xcode-related backports that needed to go in first so if people wanted to pick them up I'd encourage them to take a look

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2206#issuecomment-2207388903