[8u] RFR (S) 8079891: Store configure log in $BUILD/configure.log

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 2021-04-27 at 12:01 +0200, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> Original RFE:
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8079891
>    https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/rev/98e85b507b09
> 
> I would like to have this simple build feature in 8u to better report configuration logs from 8u 
> CIs. This patch applies mostly trivially, with the following changes:
>    *) Blocks mentioning CONFIGURESUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR are removed, as these are not relevant to 8u 
> build system;
>    *) Minor contextual conflicts are resolved;
> 
> Current patch needs JDK-8065215 applied first to get the help block at the end of configure. This 
> also needs JDK-8080082 as the follow-up.
> 
> Testing: 8u build; observing configure.log in build artifacts

Missing a link to the webrev?

Thanks,
Severin