Re: RFR: 8379416: AIX build fails if system (not GNU) date tool is in PATH

[Erik Joelsson]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:47:49 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaes...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> On AIX, we need the gnu date in the PATH  (usually coming from the AIX 
> toolbox), so we should handle this in configure and fail otherwise.

make/autoconf/basic_tools.m4 line 374:

> 372:     if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = "xaix"; then
> 373:       AC_MSG_ERROR([gnu date from AIX toolbox is required])
> 374:     fi

The error should follow after the `AC_MSG_RESULT([no])` for consistent and well 
formed output.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30168#discussion_r2913311850