RE-SPIN: JDK 7 build 42 is available at the openjdk.java.net website

[Andrew John Hughes]

2008/12/22  <Xiomara.Jayasena at sun.com>:
> On 12/21/08 11:45, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>
> 2008/12/21 Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp.org>:
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> On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 20:58 +0800, Max (Weijun) Wang wrote:
>
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> I'm not a release engineer, but AFAIK, there are 3 kinds of builds
> here we can do at Sun:
>
> 1. Using only the opened repos:
>     Sorry, they do not build.
>
> 2. Using the opened repos plus the binary plugs:
>     Build OK, and -version shows openjdk...
>
> 3. Using the opened repos plus the closed repos:
>     Build OK, also emits the binary plugs, and -version shows JDK...
> This is probably the version you find on
> http://download.java.net/jdk7/binaries/
> .
>
> The two builds are probably using different environment variables also.
>
>
> Thanks Max.
>
> 1) is what we do with IcedTea, although we don't publish any binaries,
> but the various distros do.
>
>
> No, the distro publish OpenJDK6 binaries not 7.
>
>
>
> 2) Where can I find these?
> 3) Why are these not published under the same terms as the rest of
> OpenJDK is?
> Are these closed repos something different from the binary plugs in 2)?
>
>
>
> It seems the source bundle also changed its name.
>
>
> You mean the 19_dec date? I think this is because the whole build
> process generates source bundle, executable, and binary plug, and
> Xiomara's script automatically republishes all of them into multiple
> pages.
>
>
> Aha, yeah, that is probably it. I didn't have the old sources around, so
> I couldn't compare. But since icedtea[7] is based on these source
> releases the build broken when the source archive name changed.
>
>
>
> The zip changed.  It's probably just internal date data, but the
> checksum changed as well as the filename and cmp shows the two to be
> different.
>
>
> To clarify -- for this re-spin:
> 1) The source remained the same.
> 2) Al l builds for all the eight platforms were re-built, so as to be able
> to publish all platform builds for build 42 with the same build number and
> date.
> 3) The linux 32/ 64 were built on the OS that were used prior to build 42.
> i.e. RH2.1 and SUSE 8.
>
> The original build 42 bundles, binaries, etc. should be toss out and replace
> with the new build 42 bundles.
>
> I hope this adds clarity rather than confusion ;-)
>
> -Xiomara
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
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The source itself may have remained the same, but the zip file itself
changed, necessitating another download and changes in IcedTea.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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