MSDN usually keeps old products around a very long time (you can still get Windows 3.1), but the obvious problem for the open source community is that it is not publicly available.
Do you have a perspective on how stable-complete the JDK 8 build is or will be, especially for Windows? Randy -----Original Message----- From: Phil Race [mailto:philip.r...@oracle.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:45 PM To: Randy Nielsen Cc: Kelly O'Hair; build-dev@openjdk.java.net Subject: Re: build JDK 7 Windows 7: make jdk fails building sounds I've filed a bug JDK-8008022 to upgrade to June 2010. I'll add your suggestion about Oct 2004 as a workaround but if Microsoft have a rolling removal policy that'll be gone soon too. -phil. On 2/12/2013 4:43 PM, Randy Nielsen wrote: > Building with DirectX 9 publicly available builds from 2006, the closest I > can find to 2004, fails. However with access to a DirectX 9 build only > available on MSDN with a login I found a DirectX version from October 2004: > dxsdk_oct2004.exe. When I installed this I was finally able to successfully > build OpenJDK JDK 7. About time! > > Unfortunately I can't redistribute this file, but it is available through > MSDN. > > Regards, > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Race [mailto:philip.r...@oracle.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:42 AM > To: Randy Nielsen > Cc: Kelly O'Hair; build-dev@openjdk.java.net > Subject: Re: build JDK 7 Windows 7: make jdk fails building sounds > > I think Microsoft may have recently removed this. > Typing "summer 2004 direct x sdk" into google, the top hit is a link to the > download location but it is no longer is a valid link. > Obviously lots of people already have a copy but I'm not sure if they can > redistribute it to you. > > We specified that one because versions before and afterward were unstable. > At least that is what our engineer working on the Direct X pipeline for JDK > 6u10 told me. If its no longer available we may need to look into testing a > much newer version. June 2010 as we use in FX might be a safe bet. > > -phil. > > > On 2/12/2013 11:25 AM, Randy Nielsen wrote: >> Actually I think this failure is because I accidentally installed two >> different versions of the windows 7 sdk. I've rebuilt my system and am >> starting the build again. >> >> The OpenJDK README does require a specific version of DirectX 9 SDK - the >> Summer 2004 version. The *problem* is that the Summer 2004 build is not >> available anywhere - at least I couldn't find it. I settled for August 2006 >> build, which was the closest I could find. If you or anyone could point me >> at a link with the 2004 build I'd be grateful. >> >> For Windows at least the OpenJDK build seems to me to be fraught with >> difficulties in getting the correct version of tools that work together. >> Most notable are some Microsoft products (DirectX) and recent versions of >> Cygwin hanging building Hotspot. The almost impossibility of clean >> uninstalls of Microsoft products adds to the difficulties here. I'm not >> sure anything can be done about this, at least for a make system for JDK 7 >> that is clearly long in the tooth. >> >> Do you think that the JDK8 build system will be sturdier with Windows? >> >> Regards, >> >> Randy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kelly O'Hair [mailto:kelly.oh...@oracle.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:11 AM >> To: Randy Nielsen >> Cc: build-dev@openjdk.java.net >> Subject: Re: build JDK 7 Windows 7: make jdk fails building sounds >> >> It is my understanding that this is why we require the use of a specific >> DirectX SDK. >> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/build/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html >> # >> dxsdk >> >> -kto >> >> >> On Feb 8, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Randy Nielsen wrote: >> >>> "make jdk" fails building JavaX Sounds library in the include file >>> objidl.h. Output is below. The compiler fails trying to use this: >>> "__RPC__out_xcount_part". The web suggests that the fix is obtained by >>> placing your SDK entries before your VC entries in the PATH and the LIB. >>> I've done this but failure is the same. Does anyone have any suggestions? >>> >>> Randy >>> >>> Building lib:C:/OpenJDK/openjdk/build/windows-amd64/bin/jsoundds.dll >>> "C:/PROGRA~2/MICROS~2.0/Common7/Tools"/../../Vc/bin/amd64/cl -O1 >>> -Zi -nologo -M D /D _STATIC_CPPLIB /D >>> _DISABLE_DEPRECATE_STATIC_CPPLIB >>> -Zc:wchar_t- -FdC:/OpenJ >>> DK/openjdk/build/windows-amd64/tmp/sun/javax.sound/jsoundds/obj64/PL >>> A >>> T >>> FORM_API_W inOS_DirectSound.pdb >>> -FmC:/OpenJDK/openjdk/build/windows-amd64/tmp/sun/javax.sou >>> nd/jsoundds/obj64/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.map -wd4800 -W3 -D >>> _CRT_SECURE_ >>> NO_DEPRECATE -D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -DIAL >>> -D_LITTLE_END >>> IAN -D_AMD64_ -Damd64 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -I. >>> -IC:/OpenJDK/openjdk/build/windo >>> ws-amd64/tmp/sun/javax.sound/jsoundds/CClassHeaders >>> -I../../../../src/windows/ja vavm/export >>> -I../../../../src/share/javavm/export -I../../../../src/share/native >>> /common -I../../../../src/windows/native/common >>> -I../../../../src/share/native/j >>> avax/sound -I../../../../src/windows/native/javax/sound >>> -DX_PLATFORM=X_WINDOWS >>> -DX_ARCH=X_AMD64 -DUSE_DAUDIO=TRUE >>> -I../../../../src/share/native/com/sun/media >>> /sound -IC:/PROGRA~2/MI4ADD~1/Include -c >>> -FoC:/OpenJDK/openjdk/build/windows-am >>> d64/tmp/sun/javax.sound/jsoundds/obj64/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.obj >>> ../.. >>> /../../src/windows/native/com/sun/media/sound/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_Dir >>> e >>> c >>> tSound.cpp >>> >>> PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.cpp >>> C:\MSSDKWIN7\Windows\v7.1\Include\objidl.h(11280) : error C2061: syntax >>> error : >>> identifier '__RPC__out_xcount_part' >>> C:\MSSDKWIN7\Windows\v7.1\Include\objidl.h(11281) : error C2059: syntax >>> error : >>> ')' >>> C:\MSSDKWIN7\Windows\v7.1\Include\objidl.h(11281) : fatal error C1903: >>> unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation >>> make[4]: *** >>> [C:/OpenJDK/openjdk/build/windows-amd64/tmp/sun/javax.sound/jsoundd >>> s/obj64/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.obj] Error 2 >>> make[4]: Leaving directory >>> `/cygdrive/c/OpenJDK/openjdk/jdk/make/javax/sound/jso
