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[Brad Wetmore]

>> I need to get b26 (24_apr_2008) but it seems only the newest source
>> bundles and plugs can be downloaded from the website (at least I cannot
>> find an archive or alike).
>> So I think
>>    hg fclone -r jdk7-b26 http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/tl openjdk
>> gave me the source for the version I want.
> 
> Not quite - you probably want jdk7/jdk7 rather thenjdk7/tl .

Minor technical nit:  while I agree with you that it makes more sense to
get your forest directly from the MASTER (jdk7/jdk7) forest, you should
be able to get the exact same forest tagged jdk7-b26 from any of the
forests that feed from jdk7/jdk7 (tl/awt/hotspot/build) and are
reasonably up-to-date with the MASTER.  They should all point to exactly
the same tagged changeset.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but that's my understanding of how
Mercurial works.

Brad

>> But how to I get the
>> corresponding binary-plugs
>> (jdk-7-ea-plug-b26-windows-i586-24_apr_2008.jar)?
> 
> 2008, a blast from the past - I don't think that binary plugs 
> from that long ago are still on the web - typically the last 
> couple of them are. The source bundles for jdk7 end up at 
> 
> http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/promoted/bXY/
> 
> and currently go back to b70, which was promoted a bit more then 
> 5 months ago.
> 
> Sometime back in 2009 the jdk7 build stopped requiring binary plugs, 
> fixing the kind of problem you're seeing - so if you can, I'd 
> suggest going with a more recent jdk7 build for your development.
> 
> cheers,
> dalibor topic
>