jdk9/dev requires a jdk8 build as boot JDK

[Joel Borggren-Franck]

On 2013-12-19, Paul Sandoz wrote:
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> On Dec 19, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
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> > 
> > Just a heads-up that there are changes in jdk9/dev that require that it be built with a recent JDK 8 build as the boot JDK (configure --with-boot-jdk <jdk8>).
> > 
> 
> Right, due to recent code clean ups of langtool code. Just found that out about 1h ago. I reused JDK 8 EA 120 build without an issue:
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>   https://jdk8.java.net/download.html
> 

I think this was a bit to early to require 8. Filed:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8030807

cheers
/Joel