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

[Omair Majid]

On 09/20/2013 10:17 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>> On 09/19/2013 01:06 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Then the README is wrong.
>>
>> Oh, what is the boot JDK requirement, then?
> 
> 1.5: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2013-September/003039.html
> 
> This is a regression from before the HotSpot update so needs to be fixed.

Okay. Given that @Override on interface is not quite part of java 5
(different compilers implemented it differently), the change looks okay
to me.

Thanks,
Omair
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