When this is changeset is pushed please send message out to jdk9-dev to inform everyone that the change has been made. Will you be pushing it to jdk9/dev or jdk9/build?
Mike On Apr 16 2014, at 03:01 , Erik Joelsson <erik.joels...@oracle.com> wrote: > There are now changes in jdk9 which prohibit the use of jdk7 as boot jdk > (unless the update version is high enough). It's time we formally change the > requirement from jdk7 to jdk8 by making configure require it. > > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8030794 > Patch: > > diff -r 1dfbd8aa5d3d common/autoconf/boot-jdk.m4 > --- a/common/autoconf/boot-jdk.m4 > +++ b/common/autoconf/boot-jdk.m4 > @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ > BOOT_JDK_VERSION=`"$BOOT_JDK/bin/java" -version 2>&1 | head -n 1` > > # Extra M4 quote needed to protect [] in grep expression. > - [FOUND_CORRECT_VERSION=`echo $BOOT_JDK_VERSION | grep > '\"1\.[789]\.'`] > + [FOUND_CORRECT_VERSION=`echo $BOOT_JDK_VERSION | grep > '\"1\.[89]\.'`] > if test "x$FOUND_CORRECT_VERSION" = x; then > AC_MSG_NOTICE([Potential Boot JDK found at $BOOT_JDK is > incorrect JDK version ($BOOT_JDK_VERSION); ignoring]) > - AC_MSG_NOTICE([(Your Boot JDK must be version 7, 8 or 9)]) > + AC_MSG_NOTICE([(Your Boot JDK must be version 8 or 9)]) > BOOT_JDK_FOUND=no > else > # We're done! :-) >
