Hi, Magnus.
I tried to use the new building system to build jdk 8 on windows 7 x64
and found that freetype2 library is necessary, but as far I understand
it should not be necessary for closed jdk.
12.04.2012 13:47, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
The build-infra project [1] has been working for a while with creating
a new build system. The goals of the project include, but are not
limited to, improved build performance and improved ease of use.
The first part of this project has now been pushed to the jdk8 master
forest. This means that the new build system is available for you to
try out! The old build system is still there, and if you want to
continue to use it, you will notice no difference (for now...).
But if you are interested in trying the new build system, we welcome
you to experiment with it! The basic operation is:
cd common/makefiles
../autoconf/configure
make
More information is available in the new build README [2]. If you want
to try the new build system, please read it first.
Please note that the new build system is not yet complete. We do not
yet have full platform support, nor are all parts of the old build
converted (but then we fall back on the old build system), and there
are likely to be bugs. Most of all, we need to have exposure on a wide
range of different build systems, since the reality is always so much
messier than you'd want to believe. :-) Please help us to resolve such
issues early by trying the new build system!
Any questions or discussions on the new build system should be sent to
build-dev@openjdk.java.net.
/Magnus
[1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/build-infra/index.html
[2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/build-infra/guide.html
