[PING] [8u] RFR: 8073139: PPC64: User-visible arch directory and os.arch value on ppc64le cause issues with Java tooling

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Hi,

I'm fine with this.

If I remember correctly, this was proposed before but 
never pushed in the end.
Did you test this on ppc64 be, too?  

Best regards,
  Goetz.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ppc-aix-port-dev <ppc-aix-port-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On
> Behalf Of Severin Gehwolf
> Sent: Dienstag, 2. Oktober 2018 12:34
> To: Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>; hotspot-dev <hotspot-
> dev at openjdk.java.net>; ppc-aix-port-dev <ppc-aix-port-
> dev at openjdk.java.net>; build-dev <build-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Subject: Re: [PING] [8u] RFR: 8073139: PPC64: User-visible arch directory and
> os.arch value on ppc64le cause issues with Java tooling
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Pinging PPC porters. Does this look reasonable to you?
> 
> Thanks,
> Severin
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 08:56 -0700, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> > Build changes look ok to me.
> >
> > /Erik
> >
> >
> > On 2018-09-26 04:26, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Could I please get reviews for this JDK 8 backport which fixes some
> > > tooling issues on Linux ppc64le? Prior this patch, a ppc64le build
> > > would report as "ppc64" via os.arch system property which breaks
> > > tooling such as maven in as much as if some dependency needs native
> > > libraries it would download BE binaries where it actually should
> > > download LE binaries. Example for os.arch/java.library.path:
> > >
> > > pre:
> > > $ ./jdk8-pre-ppc64le/bin/java TestProperty
> > > java.library.path =
> /usr/java/packages/lib/ppc64:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
> > > os.arch = ppc64
> > >
> > > post:
> > > $ ./jdk8-post-ppc64le/bin/java TestProperty
> > > java.library.path =
> /usr/java/packages/lib/ppc64le:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
> > > os.arch = ppc64le
> > >
> > > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8073139
> > > webrevs: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-
> 8073139/jdk8/01/
> > >
> > > Including build-dev for build changes. hotspot-dev and ppc-aix-port-dev
> > > for JDK/hotspot changes.
> > >
> > > This backport should only have minor differences to the changes in JDK
> > > 11. We have been using similar patches in Fedora for months. Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Severin
> > >
> >
> >