> True enough. There's supposed to be a lot of work towards modularising > the next version(s) of Java - e.g. letting server-focused > installations skip the GUI bits - so hopefully that's reflected in > cleaner build infrastructure in future.
Maybe around version n.3.1. Maybe I'm something of a cynic about such things but figure major changes take take about 3 tries to get working, minor changes at least 1, and never try version 1.0 of anything, with very rare exceptions. > Java? -- let's face it, it's just a very unpleasant language. Too bad > that it's so prevalent. > > Not a helpful comment, I know, but it had to be said. I agree though. It has one of the most advanced cases of "creeping featuritis" one might almost call it metastasized. > > I manage to find WrapperGenerator.java at another location: > /build/jdk8u-jdk8u31- > b13/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/generator/WrapperGenerator.ja- > va as opposed to /build/jdk8u-jdk8u31- > b13/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/org/xml/generator/WrapperGenerato- > r.java so before make, I did: mkdir /build/jdk8u-jdk8u31- > b13/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/org ( cd /build/jdk8u-jdk8u31- > b13/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/org ; ln -s ../X11 xml ) I worked, > but I ran into other error: CompileJavaClasses.gmk:332: recipe for > target '/build/jdk8u-jdk8u31-b13/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server- > release/jdk/classes/_the.BUILD_JDK_batch' failed I will stop for now. That may be wise for now. Ask yourself if you can use the JDK binaries built by the BLFS team. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
