There's a configure flag for java.vendor (but not
java.specification.vendor) which is a strong hint.
--with-vendor-name Set vendor name. Among others, used to set the
'java.vendor' and 'java.vm.vendor' system
properties. [not specified]
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:14 PM Mathiske, Bernd <mathi...@amazon.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if it’s OK to modify the “java.vendor” system property as
> reported by System.getProperty() in our OpenJDK builds. Some binary OpenJDK
> distribution builders seem to be doing so, but others not. Is there a rule
> for this? The documentation does not seem exactly conclusive:
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/sysprop.html
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties()
>
> What is a “vendor” in this context? Is it always supposed to be “Oracle
> Corporation” to stay compatible? Or is it supposed to be whoever builds and
> packages the binaries so we can track the origin of the binary artifacts
> better?
>
> Bernd
>
>
