Re: RFR: JDK-8170632 Stop modifying VERSION_OPT for adhoc builds on reconfigure

2016-12-02 Thread Erik Joelsson
After a bit of offline discussion, I'm hesitantly ok with this, at least enough to try. I can't deny that it would make my life easier if reconfigure didn't automatically enforce a full java rebuild. The release file at the root of linked images does contain a comment with a timestamp, so

Re: RFR: JDK-8170632 Stop modifying VERSION_OPT for adhoc builds on reconfigure

2016-12-01 Thread David Holmes
On 2/12/2016 8:39 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: Our current default is to create a version-opt string on the format '..' during configure. The problem with this is that each time the configure script has change, a reconfigure is triggered. This will create a new version-opt, and hence a new