I put a comment in the bug report. In essence this package contains the code for the ‘jdb’ command line debugger which is shipped as a supported tool in the JDK. I don’t think we can simply remove it.
/Staffan On 08 Nov 2013, at 14:39, Andreas Lundblad <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding bug JDK-8008602: Sample code in tools.jar. > > Does anyone have any insight in whether or not the JPDA example code in > com.sun.tools.example.** should be kept, or if should be removed altogether? > > AFAIK no code outside of the example package depends upon it. The build does > however fail with > > "make[2]: *** No rule to make target > `.../tl/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/example/README', needed by > `.../tl/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/demo/jpda/com/sun/tools/example/README'. > Stop." > > and I can't find the reason while browsing / grepping in the make files. > > Any input on the matter would be greately appreciated. > > best regardrs, > Andreas Lundblad
