Backporting OpenJDK v9 patches to OpenJDK v8
In the scope of one of the initiatives for the improvement of the source code structure (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8051619) there are some significant changes in the way how the source files are located in OpenJDK v9. It means that if someone is making a patch for OpenJDK v9 and wants these changes to be applied to OpenJDK v8, he/she has to follow a special procedure. That procedure will do the required transformation in the path of changed files.
Getting ready
We need a computer which can run bash shell, that is, a Linux or Windows computer with Cygwin and the source code of OpenJDK v9 and OpenJDK v8.
How to do it…
Following these steps, a developer can learn how to port changes from OpenJDK ...
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