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OpenJDK Builds (Solaris & Linux)

OpenJDK Builds (Solaris & Linux)

Anyone building the new OpenJDK bundles from openjdk.java.net should find that this is an easier build procedure than the JRL building from jdk7.dev.java.net.

First off, it's just the basic JDK sources, no plugin or installer bundling logic has been included yet. Also the special version of Motif is not included for Linux builds, but only some of the include files are needed and they can easily be downloaded from various locations or even installed via official Linux distributions.

Second, there are a few small pieces that we still have legal issues with. So you'll see mention of "Binary Plugs" in the build process. This means that we have provided you the binary versions for these pieces, and they will be copied into your OpenJDK build during the build process. Note that you need the correct "Binary Plug" bundles from www.openjdk.org's Download area.

Third, the Rhino javascript classes are not in the OpenJDK, but are available from http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/ (there were some license issues here).

Fourth, ... I'm sure I forgot something... I'll re-edit this post when I remember. :^(

-kto

P.S. Windows builds will not work at this time.

P.P.S. On Solaris you need the Sun Studio 11 compilers, but if you build on Solaris Express, the Sun Studio 11 compilers are already installed.

Comments

• Any word on what will happen with Windows builds, and when/how they'll be fixed? It's really shameful that the build doesn't work simply because of a missing file in the binary plugs (t2k.lib).

  On the mailing list, Phil Rice seemed to suggest that the Windows binary plugs probably won't get fixed, that we'd swap out freetype for t2k instead of re-publishing updated binary plugs. That means at least a month before I can build OpenJDK on Windows. Is that what I'm looking forward to? :-(

  Posted by: dfabulich on May 09, 2007 at 09:15 PM

• Over the last few months Phil and his team have been working extremely hard to deal with OpenJDK issues. As much as I'd like to just fix this for the very short term, I also don't want to do anything that would slow down getting completely rid of the binary plugs. If we are just weeks away from completely displacing this plug, then I'd rather that be done than the week it will take to do the legal distribution work for t2k.lib. I know I know, we have already released t2k.dll, what's the big deal about t2k.lib, well, I am not a lawyer, but I'll bet it won't be trivial.

  
  The sooner we completely get rid of the binary plugs the better.

  
  -kto

  Posted by: kellyohair on May 14, 2007 at 09:36 AM

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