I tried to build the latest bsd-port on OS/X but it fail with :
threadService.o thread_bsd_x86.o timer.o type.o typeArrayKlass.o
typeArrayKlassKlass.o typeArrayOop.o unhandledOops.o universe.o
unsafe.o utf8.o vectornode.o vectset.o verificationType.o verifier.o
vframe.o vframeArray.o vframe_hp.o virtualspace.o vmCMSOperations.o
vmError.o vmError_bsd.o vmGCOperations.o vmPSOperations.o vmStructs.o
vmSymbols.o vmThread.o vm_operations.o vm_operations_g1.o vm_version.o
vm_version_bsd_x86.o vm_version_x86.o vmreg.o vmreg_x86.o
vtableStubs.o vtableStubs_x86_64.o workgroup.o xmlstream.o
yieldingWorkgroup.o -lm -pthread; \
\
rm -f libjvm.dylib.1; ln -s libjvm.dylib libjvm.dylib.1;
\
[ -f libjvm.dylib ] || { ln -s libjvm.dylib libjvm.dylib; ln -s
libjvm.dylib.1 libjvm.dylib.1; }; \
}
Linking vm...
ld: unknown option: -z
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
ln: libjvm.dylib.1: File exists
make[6]: *** [libjvm.dylib] Error 1
make[5]: *** [the_vm] Error 2
make[4]: *** [product] Error 2
make[3]: *** [generic_build2] Error 2
make[2]: *** [product] Error 2
make[1]: *** [hotspot-build] Error 2
make: *** [build_product_image] Error 2
There is no -z option for ld under OS/X
