On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 09:20:50 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4 line 641:
>> 
>>> 639: 
>>> ################################################################################
>>> 640: #
>>> 641: # Optionally disable man pages (deprecated)
>> 
>> Elsewhere in JDK "deprecated" means "still works but don't use it", whereas 
>> here (and perhaps in build system overall?) it means "ignored but doesn't 
>> cause an error".
>
> Yeah, you are right. I actually had the same thought when changing this. I 
> don't know how this came to be. Obviously, I am to blame, since I created the 
> `UTIL_DEPRECATED_ARG_ENABLE` function. :-) What I mean is, I don't really 
> understand why I thought "deprecated" was a good way to describe this.
> 
> I opened https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8343817 to deal with this 
> systematically in the entire build system. Are you ok with keeping this in 
> line with the rest of the build system for now?

Sure - no problem. Thanks for doing the follow up.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21936#discussion_r1835190761

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