Success :) building openjdk for windows

[Anthony Petrov]

Yes. I used Visual C++ Express 2005 SP1.

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best regards,
Anthony

On 8/19/2007 5:36 AM Ted Neward wrote:
> You did this with Visual C++ Express 2005? (The term "VS2005 Express" throws
> me, as there is no "Visual Studio Express" SKU from Microsoft that I'm aware
> of.)
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:build-dev-
>> bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Anthony Petrov
>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:21 AM
>> To: Rishi Khare
>> Cc: build-dev at openjdk.java.net; Sandeep.Konchady at Sun.COM; Igor
>> Nekrestyanov
>> Subject: Re: Success :) building openjdk for windows
>>
>> I took some part in testing the VS2005 Express to build the JDK. So far
>> there's no any major problem present except the following:
>> http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6523947
>> However, this RFE has a very simple workaround provided. Please try it
>> and tell us about the results.
>>
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>> best regards,
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>> On 08/17/2007 10:36 AM Igor Nekrestyanov wrote:
>>>> The biggest pain is to use Visual Studio.net <http://Studio.net>
>> 2003
>>>> and not Visual Studio.2005 Express edition or GCC for windows or
>> MingW
>>>> or some other free Compiler for windows.The idea of buying any
>>>> software to work on open source development is not very encouraging.
>>>>
>>> I agree it will be nice to build with freely available tools only.
>>> I have vague recollection that usage of free MS compiler was
>> evaluated n
>>> the past and there were some complications.
>>> Anyway, this sounds like interesting project to explore (adapting
>> build
>>> procedure to use free tools only) even without access to mercurial.
>>>
>>> -igor
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