--- a/common/autoconf/hotspot.m4	Thu Dec 17 20:24:47 2015 -0800
+++ b/common/autoconf/hotspot.m4	Fri Dec 18 09:37:15 2015 -0800
@@ -266,3 +266,14 @@
   HOTSPOT_MAKE_ARGS="$HOTSPOT_TARGET"
   AC_SUBST(HOTSPOT_MAKE_ARGS)
 ])
+
+    # -g is already added by ENABLE_DEBUG_SYMBOLS and the hotspot makefiles
+    # will basically do slowdebug builds when DEBUG_BINARIES is set for
+    # fastdebug builds
+    DEBUG_BINARIES=false
+    # Fastdebug builds with this setting will essentially be slowdebug
+    # in hotspot.
+    # -g is already added by ENABLE_DEBUG_SYMBOLS and the hotspot makefiles
+    # will basically do slowdebug builds when DEBUG_BINARIES is set for
+    # fastdebug builds
+    DEBUG_BINARIES=false
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