On Thu, 30 May 2024 15:02:38 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> If the newly built JDK fails to run ("DOA"), we will get a strange error
> message about jdk.compiler-gendata errors from make. The reason is not at all
> obvious.
>
> Instead, we should make a simple check that we can actually use the new JDK
> before starting to use it for the first time, and report clearly to the user
> if this is not the case.
I had completely missed the `runnable-buildjdk` target. Yes, that was basically
what I was trying to re-create.
It might be a race condition, but this particular place was always where I have
hit problems first if there is an issue with the newly built JDK. It used to be
`generate-link-opt-data`, but my guess is that this is further down the
dependency chain now, since the symbol changes to use the current JDK.
I agree with your general analysis though. We should add the test to
`runnable-buildjdk` (that's the easy part), and make sure we use it everywhere
that we should (there I might need some help to look if I miss some places).
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19484#issuecomment-2140213983
