| duke | 6e45e10 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | README: |
| 2 | This file should be located at the top of the jdk Mercurial repository. |
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| 4 | See http://openjdk.java.net/ for more information about the OpenJDK. |
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| 6 | Simple Build Instructions: |
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| 8 | 1. Download and install a JDK 6 from |
| 9 | http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp |
| 10 | Set the environment variable ALT_BOOTDIR to the location of this JDK 6. |
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| peterz | 040645c | 2009-08-31 13:56:34 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | 2. Download and install the Binary Plugs for the most recent JDK7 from |
| duke | 6e45e10 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/ |
| 14 | Set the environment variable ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH to the location of |
| 15 | these binary plugs. |
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| peterz | 040645c | 2009-08-31 13:56:34 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | 3. Either download and install the latest JDK7 from |
| duke | 6e45e10 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/, or build your own complete |
| 19 | OpenJDK7 by using the top level Makefile in the OpenJDK Mercurial forest. |
| 20 | Set the environment variable ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH to the location of |
| 21 | this latest JDK7 or OpenJDK7 build. |
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| peterz | 040645c | 2009-08-31 13:56:34 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | 4. Check the sanity of doing a build with the current machine: |
| duke | 6e45e10 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | cd make && gnumake sanity |
| 25 | See README-builds.html if you run into problems. |
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| peterz | 040645c | 2009-08-31 13:56:34 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | 5. Do a partial build of the jdk: |
| duke | 6e45e10 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | cd make && gnumake all |
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| peterz | 040645c | 2009-08-31 13:56:34 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | 6. Construct the images: |
| duke | 6e45e10 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | cd make && gnumake images |
| 32 | The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/j2sdk-image |
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