OpenJDK Build error on Ubuntu 8.04

[David Herron]

Tim Bell wrote:
> Hello Sam:
>
>>      Somebody please help me to resolve this error. Please find error
>> message in the attachment.
> [... snip! ...]
>
>> /home/samkraju/OpenJDK/jdk7/build/linux-i586/gensrc/java/nio/charset/CharsetEncoder.java:142: 
>> cannot find symbol
>> symbol  : class $replType$
>> location: class java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder
>>     private $replType$ replacement;
>
> This is the /bin/bash versus /bin/dash issue on recent release(s) of 
> Ubuntu.
>
> There are a couple of related bug IDs:
>
>    http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6681798
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/61463
>
> Also this thread on build-dev (at) openjdk.java.net:
>
>    http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2008-May/001047.html
>
> The workaround (according to Martin) is 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash' 
> and answer no
>
> HTH - Tim
Hey, Tim, thanks.  I updated the bug with those bits of data as the 
suggested workaround.  It'll take 24+ hours for the bug update to show 
publicly.

- David Herron