Building Javac Code

[Daisy Nkweteyim]

Hi,
Thanks for your replies.  I found out that boot.java.home was not defined
in my build.properties so I just added it there.  I ran ant and build was
successful.  Thanks again.


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Jonathan Gibbons <
jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com> wrote:

>  Unless you have specific reasons for using jdk7, I recommend using the
> latest released version of javac in the jdk8 repositories.
>
> If you are new to OpenJDK, I would recommend getting the full source code
> for OpenJDK and building that, which includes building javac. The build
> system in JDK 8 is much improved over that in JDK 7 and makes building the
> full product much easier.   You can find build instructions by searching
> for "build OpenJDK 8".
>
> -- Jon
>
>
> On 05/05/2014 06:55 AM, Daisy Nkweteyim wrote:
>
>  Hi
> I hope I'm on the right mailing list.
>  I downloaded the javac source code from
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/langtools.  I looked at the README
> on how to build it here
> 1).  First of all I don't have the exact files and directories indicated
> in the README
> 2) To build I have to access the installation directory then run ant.  How
> is the download​
> ​ zip file installed?
>
>  Thanks. ​
>
>
> *Daisy Nkweteyim Cameroon*
>  ​ ​
>
>
>


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*Daisy Nkweteyim Cameroon*
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