hg: jdk6/jdk6/jdk: 6888709: Change use of -DX=\""Y\"" to -DX='"Y"', consistently for all platforms

Andrew John Hughes gnu_andrew at member.fsf.org
Fri Jan 15 11:56:03 PST 2010


2010/1/15 Jonathan Gibbons <Jonathan.Gibbons at sun.com>:
> Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>>
>> On 1/15/10 9:26 AM, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>>
>>> 2010/1/15<kelly.ohair at sun.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Changeset: 93c580ce5e88
>>>> Author:    ohair
>>>> Date:      2010-01-15 08:41 -0800
>>>> URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/93c580ce5e88
>>>>
>>>> 6888709: Change use of -DX=\""Y\"" to -DX='"Y"', consistently for all
>>>> platforms
>>>> Reviewed-by: tbell, jjg
>>>>
>>>> ! make/common/Defs.gmk
>>>> ! make/common/Program.gmk
>>>> ! make/java/main/java/Makefile
>>>> ! make/java/main/javaw/Makefile
>>>> ! make/javax/sound/Makefile
>>>> ! make/launchers/Makefile.launcher
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Again, where was this approved for OpenJDK6?  We're supposed to be
>>> preparing for a release of b18!
>>
>> Sorry. Without these changes GNU make 3.81 can't be used on Windows/MKS
>> systems, I jumped the gun on this push.
>> I should have checked with Joe first.
>>
>> -kto
>
>
> Perhaps we need a different way of handling the repo nearer significant
> milestones, such as forking a separate forest to be used as the build
> candidate. We can then have tighter controls on who has access to that
> forest.  In other words, much the same as we try and do for jdk7.
>
> -- Jon
>

I agree. I've been thinking something along the same lines myself.

I thought the general policy for 6 was that even straight backports
had to be approved by Joe, but this doesn't seem to be the case.  I
only saw the earlier OCSP fix due to our nightly Hudson build failing
to build.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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