[8u] RFR(XS): 8233880: Support compilers with multi-digit major version numbers

[Andrew Haley]

On 5/11/20 8:58 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Severin Gehwolf:
> 
>> Thanks for the review! Yes, generated-configure.sh changes are due to
>> version skew of autoconf being used. I'll try to generate configure on
>> an older machine so as to avoid this before pushing. Does that sound
>> ok?
> 
> THe runstatedir changes come and go (even in the jdk8u-dev history),
> depending on whether Debian's autoconf is used, which patches its
> autoconf 2.69 build to handle runstatedir.  There hasn't been an
> autoconf upstream release in many, many years, so going back to older
> versions will not solve this.  If you want to avoid this change, you
> either have to use Debian's autoconf, or back it out manually.

I guess it doesn't matter. Having said that, it's a timely reminder
of how random distro-isms end up in OpenJDK by accident.

And I am *so* *happy* that autoconf is stable upstream. I remember when
it was changing rapidly, and that was a nightmare.

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Andrew Haley  (he/him)
Java Platform Lead Engineer
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