2009/11/17 Kurt Miller <k...@intricatesoftware.com>: > Hi Andrew, > > Andrew John Hughes wrote: >> I'm currently trying to build the BSD tree on linux-amd64 and am confused by: >> >> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/bsd-port/bsd-port/jdk/diff/4fef42eb432c/make/common/internal/BinaryPlugs.gmk >> >> Why were these additions made? They aren't in either tl or the icedtea >> forests. >> >> I spotted this because icedtea-copy-plugs.patch won't apply. I may >> just drop the copy-plugs patch altogether unless it's actually being >> used; I think it may be dead. > > This was added to support building with binary plugs from when it > was required to have them. It was left in so that people still > building ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH set would work. Enough time has > passed so I'm ok with removing it now if other project members > agree. > > Regards, > -Kurt >
Strangely, it's part of http://hg.openjdk.java.net/bsd-port/bsd-port/jdk/rev/4fef42eb432c which was added _after_ the binary plug dependency was removed. -- Andrew :-) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: 94EFD9D8 (http://subkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint: F8EF F1EA 401E 2E60 15FA 7927 142C 2591 94EF D9D8
