RFC: Make javax.jnlp package visible to javac

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/6/4 Omair Majid <omajid at redhat.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Sun's documentation states that javac should be able to compile code that
> uses javax.jnlp once jnlp.jar is added to the classpath [1]. IcedTea6,
> however, has no jnlp.jar, and javax.jnlp.* classes are already in rt.jar. It
> turns out that you have to use 'javac -XDignore.symbol.file OnlineTest.java'
> for this to work [2].
>
> The attached patch adds javax.jnlp to NON_CORE_PKGS list, making it visible
> to javac.
>
> ChangeLog:
> 2009-06-04  Omair Majid  <omajid at redhat.com>
>
>    * patches/icedtea-webstart.patch: Make javax.jnlp classes visible.
>
> Ok to commit?
>
> Cheers,
> Omair
>
>
> [1]
> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/examples.html#Introduction
> [2] http://andrew-haley.livejournal.com/695.html
>

Looks good to me (though seems strange the Makefile is under docs...).

Did we ever work out if there was a good reason for keeping this
symbol mapping stuff?
-- 
Andrew :-)

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