[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8287191: [8u] Build failure without git information

Tue May 24 12:45:01 UTC 2022

On Tue, 24 May 2022 01:44:05 GMT, wxiang <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> In 8u332, the commit "8210283: Support git as an SCM alternative in the build” used git as an SCM.
> In the source package “https://github.com/openjdk/jdk8u/archive/refs/tags/jdk8u332-ga.tar.gz”， 
> the .git directory has been removed in the source package. 
> 
> When we compile JDK with the source code from the package, we get the below error: 
> ``` 
> Building 'linux-x86_64-normal-server-release' (matching CONF=release)

Please see #62 which should fix this.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev/pull/65