> In theory, you can run "make install" on a newly built JDK to have it > installed in /usr/local/bin, just as with many system tools. > > This is not recommended to do. You might mess up your boot JDK, and Java > installations generally do not work like this. (Instead, you are likely to > have symbolic links to e.g. bin/java, bin/javac etc in a JDK home.) > > This code is not only old and untested, I also think it offers the user a > very unwise move. It should be removed.
Magnus Ihse Bursie has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains two commits: - Merge branch 'master' into remove-make-install - 8320769: Remove ill-adviced "make install" target ------------- Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16826/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=16826&range=01 Stats: 104 lines in 4 files changed: 0 ins; 103 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16826.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/16826/head:pull/16826 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16826
