[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8270517: Add Zero support for LoongArch [v2]

[Gui Cao]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 02:54:38 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Leslie Zhai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   bash common/autoconf/autogen.sh to regerated common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh
>
> the same result is on Linux, the next run of "autogen.sh" will delete part of this change.
> @xiangzhai please take a look.

> > Hi @mrserb
> > Due to [AC_INIT: add --runstatedir option to configure](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commit;h=a197431414088a417b407b9b20583b2e8f7363bd). And I also tested with autoconf 2.69 and **2.72**, there is `runstatedir` generated.
> > Thanks, Leslie Zhai
> 
> Yes, we've gone back and forth on this before. Some distros have this locally patched in, others don't, and it really depends where `configure` is generated. I think I may have even generated both forms myself on different systems.
> 
> I'm thinking of just backporting [JDK-8195689](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8195689) to remove the generated `configure` at the start of the next release cycle. The argument for not having `autoconf` installed was weak to begin with and is now limited to those who don't have to work on any later JDKs, which all have this change. I think it causes more confusion than it helps at this point and there is always the risk of someone forgetting to regenerate it.

@gnu-andrew : Hi, May I ask if there is a plan to backport [JDK-8195689](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8195689) ? Thanks.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/413#issuecomment-2165958543