JDK 7 build errors on Windows XP

[Francis ANDRE]

free.exe belongs to the package procps

 >> make/sanity-rules.gmk:61: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.
You should downgrade the make.exe to the 3.80 version as explained in the README

Kelly O'Hair a écrit :
> Yes. It is looking for the free command.
> 
> It uses free to find the RAM memory size so it can set the java -Xmx memory
> setting to an appropriate value based on your machine (javac, jar etc.)
> 
> I assume you need to install the cygwin package that includes this command,
> but I'm not sure what package that is.
> I normally just install all of cygwin.
> 
> -kto
> 
> PJ Pillai wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  
>> I using build b25 source code from - 
>> http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/
>>  
>> I setup all the software as per readme html and setup my environment 
>> variable. When run make sanity, I am getting following error:
>>  
>> c:\JDK7\java>make sanity
>> /bin/sh: free: command not found
>> make/sanity-rules.gmk:61: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.
>>  
>> Is it looking for free command? I don't see that command in 
>> c:\cygwin\bin.
>>  
>> Please help.
>>  
>> Thanks
>> Pravin
> 
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