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

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 19:32 +0100, Rob McKenna wrote:
> Approved

Thanks, Rob!

Cheers,
Severin

>     -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
> >