IcedTea Bootstrap Process

[Michael Franz]

As a followup, when bootstrapping on a platform that does not have OpenJDK
and using gjc, where does libverify come from?

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Michael Franz <mvfranz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to find documentation on how the bootstrap build works
> on IcedTea, but have not found it.  I have tried to read the Makefile, but I
> must admit I am not that proficient with makefiles.
>
> If there is no documentation, perhaps answers to these question will help
> me.
>
> 1. How many passes (full compilations) are there done on the source before
> the final jdk is complete?
> 2. How much (if any) of the source that is being built is compiled and put
> into the rt-closed.jar?
> 3. Is rt-closed.jar all that should be needed to compile the JDK the first
> time?
> 4. What is the expected results of a successful bootstrap?
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>
>
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