building JDK for new platform

2007-08-15 Thread Robert Pangrazio
I noticed that to build JDK 6 or higher you need an existing Java setup. I was wondering how you go about building the JDK for a new platform. If i have a cross compilation setup for my new platform, can I use the build machines native JDK, or do I have to have a JDK that is native to my new platfo

Re: building JDK for new platform

2007-08-15 Thread Gary Benson
Hi Robert, I use IcedTea's bootstrap VM and plug replacements. Build them with: hg clone http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea cd icedtea ./configure make boot plugs Then build the JDK with: export ALT_BOOTDIR=/path/to/icedtea/bootstrap/jdk1.6.0 export ALT_CLOSED_JDK_IMPORT_PATH=

building openjdk for windows ,freetype

2007-08-15 Thread Rishi Khare
hi all, I am a newbie for openjdk build so forgive if it seems fairly easy. I am trying to build openjdk on windows xp sp2. have gone through all setup and tools installation and successfully able to build hotspot jvm. but when I am trying to build complete jdk it is giving the following error.