On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pierre Labastie wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> As you may know, when building OpenJDK, you need OpenJDK, and this >> bootstrap >> problem is solved by providing a java binary on anduin. >> >> So far, we have always provided a 64 bit and a 32 bit binary. But more and >> more people have 64 bit machines, and I myself do not maintain anymore 32 >> bit >> (virtual) machines. So, generating a 32 bit binary would involve building >> a >> complete LFS-7.10 system + all dependencies for OpenJDK, and then build >> OpenJDK itself. It is a lot of (wasted, IMHO) time. >> >> So would it be OK if we provided only a 64 bit java binary? Note that a >> java >> binary can always be obtained from Oracle's site... >> > > Yes, that sounds OK. Just add a note about 32-bit support. > > Agreed > > I am in the process of fixing my 32-bit system. The power supply died. > I'm not sure why I'm fixing it, but I'll have it for some testing next week. > > Well, my guess is that, if you're anything like I am, once you use a system for more than a month, it becomes a part of you. You used yours for many years. I'd repair mine in that case without a doubt as well. I have a couple on a pallet at home that I'm going to take off over labor day weekend and repair, and I'll see if I can get SSH working from here to use those for testing.
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