JDK-8081315 : 8077982 giflib upgrade breaks system giflib builds with earlier versions
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Affected Version: 8u60,9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2015-05-27
  • Updated: 2020-07-28
  • Resolved: 2015-06-08
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Description
See http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2015-May/003523.html

Changes were made to the splashscreen code in an unconditional manner for the giflib 5 upgrade, breaking builds which use a system giflib < 5.

We've had conditional code in IcedTea for a while to support early adopters of giflib 5 and will bring that patch upstream.
Comments
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/jdk/rev/8f8011a977a6
18-06-2015