----- philip.r...@oracle.com skrev: > Ulf started this by asking about openjdk 6 which does need VS2003. > It doesn't support VS2010 .. and JDK 7 and 8 already build with VS2010 > Express and have done so for well over a year. No need to use that forest, > just standard 7.
Except that it uses configure to setup all the variables for you. And that the build will eventually be much faster than before. //Fredrik > On 10/26/2011 9:34 AM, Fredrik Öhrström wrote: > > 2011/10/17 Ulf Zibis<ulf.zi...@gmx.de>: > >> So do I really need to buy a VS 2003, or is there some "workaround" > with the > >> Platform SDK on Windows XP? > > You might be interested in the build-infra/jdk7 forest. > > > > I just posted this to build-infra-dev > > > > It builds on WindowsXP, using Visual Studio 2010 Express (free > edition). > > > > 1) Install Visual Studio. > > > > 2) Install cygwin + devel + zip and any other thing the configure > > script might complain about.' > > > > 3) Install freetype from > > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm and copy > > libfreetype.dll.a into the more useful name freetype.dll > > It usually installs in: /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/GnuWin32 > > > > 4) From the cygwin shell > > ./configure --with-jvm-variant=server --disable-javac-multi-core > > --disable-javac-deps --disable-javac-server > > --with-freetype=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/GnuWin32 > > > > 5) make > > > > 6) ./build/windows-i586-server-release/jdk/bin/javac Test.java > > ./build/windows-i586-server-release/jdk/bin/java Test > > > > Success! > > > > Anyone cares to test? > > > > However jconsole does not work. As probably any other graphical > > program. I know some parts that are still missing. :-) Will fix > that. > > > > If you forget to do the disables above, then the build will be much > > much slower because of a bug that forces a 2 minute timeout after > each > > repository. To be fixed. > > > > //Fredrik
