Hi Robert, I use IcedTea's bootstrap VM and plug replacements. Build them with:
hg clone http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea cd icedtea ./configure make boot plugs Then build the JDK with: export ALT_BOOTDIR=/path/to/icedtea/bootstrap/jdk1.6.0 export ALT_CLOSED_JDK_IMPORT_PATH=/path/to/icedtea/bootstrap/jdk1.7.0 Cheers, Gary Robert Pangrazio wrote: > I noticed that to build JDK 6 or higher you need an existing Java > setup. I was wondering how you go about building the JDK for a new > platform. If i have a cross compilation setup for my new platform, > can I use the build machines native JDK, or do I have to have a JDK > that is native to my new platform. If i have to have a native JDK > to build the JDK how do you build the first native JDK? > > Thanks > Bob
