Forgot something useful On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:50:51 -0500 "William L. Thomson Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > Otherwise yes, unless icedtea-bin exist for that arch. Boostrapping > in a post gcc-jdk/java 7 world will be difficult, If not impossible > for some archs.
That is also the main reason for Icedtea project existence beyond having a FOSS harness to build/boostrap OpenJDK/Java. Oracle JDK may only support certain archs. If you want to build on another, that is where Icedtea plays a role. Though again still have other issues, Hotspot, Zero, OpenJ9, legacy JamVM, etc. Me personally I wish Oracle/Sun had kept JRockit as an alternative as well. It was merged into HotSpot. Or released with Hotspot in OpenJDK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRockit Thus there is some reason for Icedtea project to exists beyond just legal/licensing. -- William L. Thomson Jr.
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