8301971: Make JDK source code UTF-8

8338973: Document need to have UTF-8 locale available to build the JDK

Reviewed-by: erikj, naoto, mbaesken
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Magnus Ihse Bursie
2025-05-09 09:05:10 +00:00
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@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ on where and how to check out the source code.
for the source code, see below for suggestions on how to keep the build
artifacts on a local disk.
* UTF-8 support is needed to compile the JDK. On Unix systems, this typically
means that the `C.UTF-8` or `en_US.UTF-8` locale needs to be available. For
Windows users, please see the section on [Locale
Requirements](#locale-requirements) below.
* On Windows, extra care must be taken to have a smooth building experience:
* Make sure that all relevant paths have short names. Short names are used by