Re: RFR: JDK-8200375: Change to GCC 7.3.0 for building Linux at Oracle

2018-04-04 Thread Martin Buchholz
I presume build folk are aware that older compilers produce more portable binaries. My own rule of thumb is to use 5 year old compilers - battle tested, well aged, but haven't turned to vinegar yet. On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote: > This patch

Re: RFR: JDK-8200375: Change to GCC 7.3.0 for building Linux at Oracle

2018-04-04 Thread Erik Joelsson
On 2018-04-04 17:05, David Holmes wrote: On 4/04/2018 4:14 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote: This patch changes the default devkit used to produce builds for Linux x64 at Oracle. The new devkit is based on GCC 7.3.0. Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8200375/webrev.01/ What does the final

Re: RFR: JDK-8200375: Change to GCC 7.3.0 for building Linux at Oracle

2018-04-04 Thread David Holmes
On 4/04/2018 4:14 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote: This patch changes the default devkit used to produce builds for Linux x64 at Oracle. The new devkit is based on GCC 7.3.0. Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8200375/webrev.01/ What does the final part of gcc7.3.0-OEL6.4+1.0 refer to? It was

Re: RFR: JDK-8200375: Change to GCC 7.3.0 for building Linux at Oracle

2018-04-03 Thread Tim Bell
Erik: On 04/03/18 12:38, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: On 2018-04-03 20:14, Erik Joelsson wrote: This patch changes the default devkit used to produce builds for Linux x64 at Oracle. The new devkit is based on GCC 7.3.0. Woho! :) The future is here. What a leap, 4.9.2 -> 7.3.0. Indeed.

Re: RFR: JDK-8200375: Change to GCC 7.3.0 for building Linux at Oracle

2018-04-03 Thread Magnus Ihse Bursie
On 2018-04-03 20:14, Erik Joelsson wrote: This patch changes the default devkit used to produce builds for Linux x64 at Oracle. The new devkit is based on GCC 7.3.0. Woho! :) The future is here. What a leap, 4.9.2 -> 7.3.0. Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8200375/webrev.01/ Looks

RFR: JDK-8200375: Change to GCC 7.3.0 for building Linux at Oracle

2018-04-03 Thread Erik Joelsson
This patch changes the default devkit used to produce builds for Linux x64 at Oracle. The new devkit is based on GCC 7.3.0. Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8200375/webrev.01/ Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200375 /Erik