Bug#1056570: openjdk-8: Please drop sparc64 from hotspot_archs for the time being

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Source: openjdk-8
Version: 8u392-ga-1
Severity: normal
User: debian-sparc at lists.debian.org
Usertags: sparc64
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-sparc at lists.debian.org

Hello!

The native code generator in openjdk-8 currently segfaults on sparc64 and prevents
a successful build. Removing sparc64 from "hotspot_archs" in debian/rules restricts
the build to Zero builds which fixes the build.

Thus, please disable the native build on sparc64 for the time being until we have
sorted out the regression.

FWIW, I assume there was some change in the Hotspot code on sparc64 that was most
likely implemented for the Solaris port only since the native Linux sparc64 port
has been unmaintained in OpenJDK for quite some time. This has happened in the
past before.

I will try to bisect the problem later and report it upstream.

Thanks,
Adrian

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