[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Name clash when using the system libjpeg

Andrew Hughes gnu.andrew at redhat.com
Tue May 13 18:44:11 UTC 2014



----- Original Message -----
> * Phil Race <philip.race at oracle.com> [2014-04-30 15:22]:
> > On 4/30/2014 11:52 AM, Omair Majid wrote:
> > >
> > >In another thread, it was pointed out that j2 stands for "Java to". As
> > >in "Java to lcms".
> > Really ? That is not something that was obvious to me ..
> 
> I don't think it's obvious to anyone :)
> 
> I found out about it on this thread:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2013-December/011325.html
> 

It was certainly a mystery to me until I saw that thread too. That's why
I went with javajpeg for IcedTea.

> > So we can try this .. but you'll need to
> > make sure you
> > catch all the APIs (inc splashscreen) that load this library.
> 
> Okay. Splashscreen is compiled/linked at build time, so that's easier to
> check. The Java side (since it uses JNI and is loaded dynamically) is
> easier to miss.
> 

Every version of OpenJDK 7 we've shipped (Red Hat) has done this so it should
be fine.  It's just a matter of porting it over to the new build.

> Thanks,
> Omair
> 
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