[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] lcms native library

[Dmitri Trembovetski]

   I don't quite see the reason for doing this
   (not to mention questionable legal ramifications).

   Why not just use openjdk6?
     http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk6/

   Thanks,
     Dmitri


christof.helfrich at freenet.de wrote:
> Hi,
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> I am trying to replace the color management system of JRE 1.6.0 by the alternative implementation that has been implemented by the 2D Graphics Group of OpenJDK.
> My plan is to patch the JRE.
> I will need the packages java.awt.color, sun.java2d.cmm and sun.java2d.cmm.lcms. These packages seem to have no further dependencies, except to the native code for lcms.
> I have also found the C sources for lcms in the source tree. But unfortunately I could not find precompiled .so files in the binary release of JRE 7 for Linux-i586 . Can I get these somewhere or do I have to compile the C sources by myself?
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> My motivation to replace the CMM of JRE 1.6.0 is that the JVM crashes when I try to load JPGs with corrupt color profiles.
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> Christof
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