Greetings, First, thank you very much for your efforts on porting the OpenJDK to Mac OS X.
First, I have successfully compiled the bsd-port on my machine. However, I'm having some difficulty running the JVM, when I run the compiler, I get the following error: $ build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/bin/java -version Error occurred during initialization of VM Unable to load native library: dlopen(/Users/mahmood/tmp/openjdk-7/bsd-port/build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/amd64/libjava.dylib, 1): Library not loaded: libjvm.dylib Referenced from: /Users/mahmood/tmp/openjdk-7/bsd-port/build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/amd64/libjava.dylib Reason: image not found Setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable seem to fix the problem: $ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/amd64/server build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/bin/java -version openjdk version "1.7.0-internal" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-internal-mahmood_2010_01_04_15_39-b00) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0-b05, mixed mode) Last time I compiled the OpenJDK (around mid december), I didn't need to initialize that variable. I noticed that on Nov 20, there was a change that removed LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the jdk launcher project: changeset: 2048:de45eac5670e user: ksrini date: Fri Nov 20 11:01:32 2009 -0800 files: make/java/jli/Makefile make/java/main/java/Makefile make/java/redist/Makefile src/share/bin/java.c src/solaris/bin/java_md.c test/tools/launcher/Arrrghs.java test/tools/launcher/ExecutionEnvironment.java test/tools/launcher/SolarisDataModel.sh test/tools/launcher/SolarisRunpath.sh test/tools/launcher/TestHelper.java test/tools/launcher/libraryCaller.c test/tools/launcher/libraryCaller.h test/tools/launcher/libraryCaller.java description: 6367077: Purge LD_LIBRARY_PATH usage from the launcher 6899834: (launcher) remove the solaris libjvm.so symlink Summary: Fixes other related issues as well. Reviewed-by: darcy, ohair, xlu, martin However, I cannot detect when such change was pushed to the bsd-port. Can you please advice how I should go forward preferably, without setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable? Also a couple of points: 1. Finding the instructions was a bit tedious, if using Google. Googling the information returned outdated instructions that required JIXB. Luckily, I came across the wiki, and saw the linkage to java rant instructions (http://www.javarants.com/2009/11/01/building-openjdk-1-7-0-for-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/). 2. Can you please elaborate on why "There may be no way to get pre-built binaries for installation of OpenJDK on Mac OS X."? How would that be different from the binaries hosted by Soylatte? I'm planning to host my binaries online if possible. Thank you very much again. Regards, Mahmood
