[PATCH FOR REVIEW] OPENJDK6-18: HotSpot 23's Java code won't build with a 1.5 compiler due to @Override on interfaces.

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> On 09/19/2013 12:12 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> > I discovered during bootstrapping with IcedTea that the build fails due to
> > the use of
> > @Override on interface methods (namely an implementation of Iterator).
> > 
> > This webrev fixes it:
> > 
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~andrew/openjdk6/oj6-18/
> 
> The build README points out that a 6 JDK is required to build OpenJDK6
> [1] and @Override for interface methods are supported by a 6 compiler.
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair
> 
> [1]
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/raw-file/f30a5896c305/README-builds.html#bootjdk
> 
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Then the README is wrong.
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Andrew :)

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