need to build a DLL for an openjdk test

[Pete Brunet]

On 6/3/15 8:43 PM, Pete Brunet wrote:
> Cross posting to build-dev for possible insight regarding Jon's last
> paragraph below.
>
> On 6/3/15 8:13 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>> On 06/03/2015 04:27 PM, Pete Brunet wrote:
>>> Hi, As part of my test I need to build a simple DLL and then load it
>>> from my test class.  Can jtreg build the DLL or will I need to create it
>>> and include it in my test directory?  -Pete
>> jtreg cannot directly compile native code.  In theory, you could do it
>> in a shell script, but that immediately becomes a rats nest of "which
>> platform, and where do I find the compilers?"
Is there a way to only run the test if running on Win?  The DLL will be
used as part of a test of a platform independent feature.  Would only
running on Win be acceptable?  Is "where to I find the compilers" still
an issue in a Win only case?
>>
>> If you are talking about native code and tests in OpenJDK
>> repositories, then it is not acceptable to stash binaries in OpenJDK
>> repositories.  But, there is an infrastructure in place for an OpenJDK
>> build to build native libraries to be made available to test code.
>> Perhaps someone else on this list can explain how that works.
>>
>> -- Jon