First build-infra push to jdk8 -- try out the new build system!

[Fredrik Öhrström]

Ahem, it is well known that it builds on Mac but the resulting java
launcher does not run.
The LDFLAGS_JDKEXE is simply not correctly setup, a lot of important
flags are missing.
Why? Lack of time. :-)

Anyone who has the time to fix the configure script? First build using
the old makefiles, and log
the output, check the flags, introduce the correct flags in configure.ac when
setting LDFLAGS_JDKEXE

If not, I will look into it as soon as I have time.

//Fredrik

2012/4/21 Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>:
> Hi Henri,
>
> I believe so yes, Fredrik does have a Mac after all ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Martijn
>
>
> On 21 April 2012 12:34, Henri Gomez <henri.gomez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> New build system has been tested allready on OSX ?
>>
>> Le 21 avr. 2012 à 09:10, Fredrik Öhrström <oehrstroem at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>> > For the new build you have to explicitly choose release,fastdebug or
>> > slowdebug.
>> > (--with-debug-level=release,fastdebug or slowdebug)
>> > So you do not need to turn off fastdebug, it defaults to release.
>> >
>> > As for the demos and samples. They compile so much faster that there is
>> > no
>> > point in turning them off. 10 seconds on my workstation, and during
>> > the incremental
>> > they take no detectable time at all.
>> >
>> > You probably want to do: --with-jvm-variants=server
>> > when building on a 32bit machine since the default is client,server
>> > (client,server,kernel on 32bit windows) And building extra libjvms does
>> > take
>> > a significant amount of time.
>> >
>> > //Fredrik
>> >
>> > 2012/4/21 Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com>:
>> >> Is there a list of "features" that can be turned on and off?  With the
>> >> old
>> >> build, I customize it with environment variables like
>> >> SKIP_FASTDEBUG_BUILD,
>> >> NO_DOCS, NO_SAMPLES, and NO_DEMOS, which shaves lots of time off the
>> >> build.
>> >>  Are there equivalent configure flags for these?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 4/12/2012 5:47 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> The build-infra project [1] has been working for a while with creating
>> >>> a
>> >>> new build system. The goals of the project include, but are not
>> >>> limited
>> >>> to, improved build performance and improved ease of use.
>> >>>
>> >>> The first part of this project has now been pushed to the jdk8 master
>> >>> forest. This means that the new build system is available for you to
>> >>> try
>> >>> out! The old build system is still there, and if you want to continue
>> >>> to
>> >>> use it, you will notice no difference (for now...).
>> >>>
>> >>> But if you are interested in trying the new build system, we welcome
>> >>> you
>> >>> to experiment with it! The basic operation is:
>> >>> cd common/makefiles
>> >>> ../autoconf/configure
>> >>> make
>> >>>
>> >>> More information is available in the new build README [2]. If you want
>> >>> to try the new build system, please read it first.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please note that the new build system is not yet complete. We do not
>> >>> yet
>> >>> have full platform support, nor are all parts of the old build
>> >>> converted
>> >>> (but then we fall back on the old build system), and there are likely
>> >>> to
>> >>> be bugs. Most of all, we need to have exposure on a wide range of
>> >>> different build systems, since the reality is always so much messier
>> >>> than you'd want to believe. :-) Please help us to resolve such issues
>> >>> early by trying the new build system!
>> >>>
>> >>> Any questions or discussions on the new build system should be sent to
>> >>> build-dev at openjdk.java.net.
>> >>>
>> >>> /Magnus
>> >>>
>> >>> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/build-infra/index.html
>> >>> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/build-infra/guide.html
>> >>>
>> >>
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