Changeset de5e8c8a9b87 breaks osx build

[Alex Kashchenko]

Hi Florian,

On 02/17/2017 08:59 AM, Florian Bruckner (3kraft) wrote:
> Alex, Andrew,
>
>
> On 16/02/2017 00:07, Alex Kashchenko wrote:
>>
>> The latter statement (that nobody builds OSX from jdk7u) is probably
>> correct, jdk7u repos became broken for Mac since 7u85 [1]. Even if
>> 7u85+ can be compiled for Mac, it will contain a number of regression
>> tests failures.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2015-August/010379.html
>>
>
> On 17/02/2017 07:21, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>> It doesn't sound like it. I only build and test backports on GNU/Linux.
>> If others are interested in support for other platforms, then they need
>> to build and test on those platforms, and submit issues and/or fixes
>> as you have here.
>>
>> It looks like Goetz is already handling the backporting of 8028471 for
>> you.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
> Is there any interest in having working OpenJDK builds for macOS? If
> yes, are there test suites to validate if a build works correctly and
> how could I run them (I would need a bit of guidance here)?

In-tree jtreg [1] tests can be used for testing (usually with something 
like "-v1 -a -ovm -ignore:quiet"). Just note that these tests are not 
guaranteed to be fail-free even for released stable versions.

> I do now have a working build environment which was a challenge by
> itself due to rather ancient versions of Xcode being required for the
> build, so if there is anybody out there who is interested in OpenJDK for
> macOS builds I would be willing to do them.

Maintaining MacOS builds for older jdks may be a considerable ongoing task.


[1] http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg/

-- 
-Alex