Sorry for not being clear in the original email. It is not as scary as it sounds.
All the pre-installed libraries by IT on our x86_64 linux workstations are 32-bit, so I just grab a few extra ones (sound, freetype, ...) as described on the build-howto page. After that and the makefile hacks, I was able to build 32-bit JDK. However, I was not able to build 64-bit JDK yet. I assume I will need to prepare a chroot environment with 64-bit libraries installed but I just don't have time to try it out yet. So the bottom line is if a developer is constrained by the hybrid 32/64-bit environment like I am, it is possible to build 32-bit JDK with a few makefile hacks. Thanks, -Ben On Dec 5, 2007 6:27 PM, Tim Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > You wrote: > > "where 32-bit libraries are installed" > > Er - how many libraries, and what were their names? Could you enumerate > the 32/64 installation > process so that others could do these builds? > > Thanks - Tim >
