[8u-dev] Request for approval: 8031759: Configure should handle overrides of tools better

[Rob McKenna]

Approved

    -Rob

On 20/03/18 16:38, Kevin Walls wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to request approval to backport to jdk8u:
> 
> 8031759: Configure should handle overrides of tools better
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8031759
> 9 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/rev/82b65f34b79d
> 
> 8u webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kevinw/8031759/webrev.00/
> 
> This is mostly straightforward, large parts import cleanly, the parts that
> didn't are changes to macro names,  and a couple of tools referenced in the
> 9 change which are not in 8u (OTOOL and LIPO).
> 
> Also need to take into account this change (avoid creating this problem) :
> 8033115: Bad merge between 8027584 and 8031759
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8033115
> 
> Which is just this edit in common/autoconf/build-performance.m4, included
> here in the proposed 8u push.
> -    BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(CCACHE, ccache)
> +    BASIC_REQUIRE_PROGS(CCACHE, ccache)
> 
> (I can mark that bug as not present in 8 when done)
> 
> Then with the .m4 changes in place, ran common/autoconf/autogen.sh to
> recreate common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh which is included in the
> webrev/change.
> 
> Thanks!
> Kevin
>