Build openjdk?

[Kelly O'Hair]

Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure which one I should download on
> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

JDK 6 Update 16   is what you want.

> 
> Java SE Development Kit (JDK) Bundles
> 
> or
> 
> Java SE Development Kit (JDK)
> 
> What are Java EE, JavaFX SDK and NetBeans 6.7.1?

Larger bundles where they included Java EE, or JavaFX, or
NetBeans with the JDK.

-kto

> 
> Regards,
> Peng
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Kelly O'Hair <Kelly.Ohair at sun.com> wrote:
>> You need a JDK to build the JDK.
>>
>> If you have a JDK (jdk6 vintage) on your system already, yes
>> you can use that, just point ALT_BOOTDIR at it and skip step 1.
>>
>> -kto
>>
>> Peng Yu wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> README of openjdk-7-ea-src-b71-03_sep_2009 says the following. I am
>>> wondering why I need step 1. Can I start with step 2 directly?
>>>
>>> Simple Build Instructions:
>>>
>>>  1. Download and install a JDK 6 from
>>>     http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>>>     Set the environment variable ALT_BOOTDIR to the location of this JDK
>>> 6.
>>>
>>>  2. Download and install the Binary Plugs for the most recent JDK7 from
>>>     http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/
>>>     Set the environment variable ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH to the location of
>>>     these binary plugs.
>>>
>>>  3. Check the sanity of doing a build with the current machine:
>>>       gnumake sanity
>>>     See README-builds.html if you run into problems.
>>>
>>>  4. Do a complete build of the jdk:
>>>       gnumake all
>>>     The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/j2sdk-image
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Peng