[8u112] Request for approval for JDK-8074312 - Allow hotspot builds on 4.x Linux kernels.

[David Holmes]

On 22/07/2016 3:43 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
>> On 21/07/16 06:23, David Holmes wrote:
>>> On 21/07/2016 12:20 AM, Rob McKenna wrote:
>>>> This appears to be fixed in 8 already, am I missing something?
>>>>
>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/rev/908b2d7253fc
>>>
>>> Well that's embarrassing. :) I never actually checked, I just assumed
>>> as Jeremy had run into the problem that it existed. But on closer
>>> inspection I think he was building the original JDK 8 sources, not 8u.
>>>
>>> Thanks Rob.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>   Indeed it is embarrassing. I can confirm the jdk8 repository was
>> cloned rather than jdk8u.
>>
>>   Thank you Rob for spotting this mistake. Thanks also Dave for your
>> helpful advice and being the sponsor.
>>
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> Easy mistake to make. I can confirm 8u is fine on 4.x versions of Linux.
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> Incidentally, does the new HotSpot build in OpenJDK 9 mean this version test
> has finally bitten the dust or did it get ported over?

I can't find anything referring to SUPPORTED_OS_VERSION.

David

> Thanks,
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