RFA: 8073139: PPC64: User-visible arch directory and os.arch value on ppc64le cause issues with Java tooling

[Rob McKenna]

Approved

    -Rob

On 04/10/18 18:48, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Please approve this 8u backport request related to ppc64le. When using
> a ppc64le build from 8u and pulling in natives from Maven etc. users
> might end up getting ppc64 (BE) binaries because of the way the JDK
> reports itself to the user.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8073139
> webrevs: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8073139/jdk8/01/
> 
> Review thread of this 8u change:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2018-September/023417.html
> 
> The 8u change has been reviewed by David Holmes, Goetz Lindenmaier,
> Erik Joelsson. Not all changes from JDK 9 apply for the backport.
> 
> Testing: Linux ppc64le/be builds and verifying os.arch property reports
> correctly. No change for ppc64be builds.
> 
> Thanks,
> Severin
>