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

[Andrew Hughes]

On 14:10 Tue 06 Jul     , Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 7/2/21 5:21 PM, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Right, sorry.
> 
> Here it is (regenerated for the 8u state after JDK-8065215):
>  https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8079891/webrev.8u.02/
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> -Aleksey
> 

It's not clear to me what this does.

Prior to this patch, I had a config.log in my build directory.

After this patch, I have both config.log and configure.log.old, which
seems to contain largely the same information.

I don't see a configure.log.

So what exactly is the problem we're trying to solve?

I'm building as I always have for autotools projects, by invoking
configure from the build directory.

Thanks,
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