Hi,

the latest upstream version jdk8u502-ga of OpenJDK 8 was just released [1][2]
and finally includes the necessary bits and pieces to allow the Zero build
on riscv64.

Could you update openjdk-8 to this version so we can bootstrap it on riscv64?

Thanks,
Adrian

Hi Adrian,

Do we really want to have openjdk-8 on riscv64? opendjk-8 is forced out
of testing and is one of the package preventing the removal of GTK 2.

Regards
Aurelien

Hi Aurelien,

Since openjdk-8 is restricted to unstable, I think it won't hurt to enable it
on riscv64 as well. openjdk-8 is useful to run some application that are
incompatible with newer OpenJDK versions.

Adrian

Sure, can do, but other than enable the arch in the arch list,
I cannot do much, you’ll also have to figure out how to bootstrap,
given it needs itself (or, in theory, openjdk-7) for that and cannot
be built with even openjdk-11.

I’ve heard rumours that it could possibly work with Gtk+3, not that
anyone could possibly *want* that, which I need to investigate.

And for bootstrapping things (e.g. the Kotlin line), but these
probably can be done on amd64.

The package is also ready for builds on wheezy/precise and up
in theory, and I build for buster/trusty and up in my own repo
and PPA, and ELTS builds for stretch (and used to for jessie).
It’s unstable-only in Debian because we don’t want to have to
security-support more than one release per Debian release, which
is sane, and because having it in sid is useful as staging ground,
for QA, to have a common base to build from, etc.

I’ll try to get to it on the weekend.

bye,
//mirabilos

(unstable-amd64-sbuild)glaubitz@esk:~/openjdk-8-new2/jdk8u-jdk8u502-ga$ file build/linux-riscv64-normal-zero-release/jdk/bin/java
build/linux-riscv64-normal-zero-release/jdk/bin/java: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, UCB RISC-V, RVC, double-float ABI, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-riscv64-
lp64d.so.1, BuildID[sha1]=49b9b6a522f923b548b30cde12f9bbf1d6ab642e, for GNU/Linux 4.15.0, with debug_info, not stripped
(unstable-amd64-sbuild)glaubitz@esk:~/openjdk-8-new2/jdk8u-jdk8u502-ga$

See: https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingOpenJDK
Adrian

Before 2026/vote_002 is decided, I’ll rather put my remaining
spare time into bugfixing, rather than updating software versions.
(There’s actually at least one specific package I do have in mind.)

If you would prefer to update src:openjdk-8 yourself, be my guest.
I am sorry this comes after I’ve said I’d try to get it in but this
looming over the project refocuses priorities.

bye,
//mirabilos

Control: owner -1 !
Control: tags -1 pending

I'm working on this. I've added riscv as I thought was needed in debian/rules,
but if I missed something, I'll take patches.

Cheers,
Emilio

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
openjdk-8, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1142565@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org> (supplier of updated openjdk-8 package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:45:18 +0200
Source: openjdk-8
Architecture: source
Version: 8u502-ga-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Java Maintenance <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
Closes: 1142565
Changes:
 openjdk-8 (8u502-ga-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release. Closes: #1142565.
     - CVE-2026-41254
     - CVE-2026-46968
     - CVE-2026-47010
     - CVE-2026-47021
     - CVE-2026-47027
     - CVE-2026-47057
     - CVE-2026-47058
     - CVE-2026-47059
     - CVE-2026-47063
     - CVE-2026-60147
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Hi,

Great, thanks a lot! Currently bootstrapping for riscv64.

Adrian