make/bsd/makefiles/rules.make

rev 8957 : 8223147: JFR Backport
8199712: Flight Recorder
8203346: JFR: Inconsistent signature of jfr_add_string_constant
8195817: JFR.stop should require name of recording
8195818: JFR.start should increase autogenerated name by one
8195819: Remove recording=x from jcmd JFR.check output
8203921: JFR thread sampling is missing fixes from JDK-8194552
8203929: Limit amount of data for JFR.dump
8203664: JFR start failure after AppCDS archive created with JFR StartFlightRecording
8003209: JFR events for network utilization
8207392: [PPC64] Implement JFR profiling

@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@
 # 'gmake MAKE_VERBOSE=y' gives all the gory details.
 QUIETLY$(MAKE_VERBOSE)  = @
 RUN.JAR$(MAKE_VERBOSE) += >/dev/null
 
 # Settings for javac
-BOOT_SOURCE_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 6
-BOOT_TARGET_CLASS_VERSION = 6
+BOOT_SOURCE_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 8
+BOOT_TARGET_CLASS_VERSION = 8
 JAVAC_FLAGS = -g -encoding ascii
 BOOTSTRAP_JAVAC_FLAGS = $(JAVAC_FLAGS) -source $(BOOT_SOURCE_LANGUAGE_VERSION) -target $(BOOT_TARGET_CLASS_VERSION)
 
 # With parallel makes, print a message at the end of compilation.
 ifeq    ($(findstring j,$(MFLAGS)),j)