On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Kurt Miller <k...@intricatesoftware.com> wrote: > On 01/04/11 16:52, Eric Richardson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've been trying to compile the latest OpenJDK7 and have run into a >> problem I don't understand. Here is the last part of the compile - I >> can attach the entire log if needed. It seems that it should link the >> libjvm.dylib and then create a symbolic link but it seems to just >> create a sym link to itself - thus the "Too many levels of symbolic >> links" error. Looking at it now it seems to fail on the missing symbol >> and then create the symlinks. >> >> The build file in question is bsd-port/hotspot/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make >> Any help appreciated. > > Hi Eric, > > I ran into this over the holidays too. I pushed the correction up > to the repository. Refresh and this should be fixed for you. Note > however, that the resulting build can not be used to bootstrap the > next zero PPC build due to issues with the change in the jdk startup > process vs DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. I was going to look into that soon but > the power cord to my PowerBook G4 15in was damaged by my dog tonight > and all have left is battery power. Hopefully the Apple store will > still have parts for this laptop. >
Hi Kurt, Thanks, I'll update tonite and try again - I have been looking at the Library Path stuff on MacOS as well so maybe I can help out there. I was really pleased to get this far. Hopefully you can find a cord for your G4. Eric
