[icedtea-web] RFC: Allow 1.7 & 1.8 as build JDKs

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 16:52 Tue 30 Nov     , Deepak Bhole wrote:
> * Dr Andrew John Hughes <ahughes at redhat.com> [2010-11-30 16:51]:
> > Simple patch attached.  It moves NETX_DIR to the front of the bootclasspath
> > so that the NetX classes in existing 1.7 and 1.8 installations don't get in the
> > way of the newer versions just built.  Ok to apply?
> > 
> > *NOTE*: You still are unable to install the final IcedTea-Web product in that JDK.
> > I think the launcher needs to prepend them to the bootclasspath to override the
> > rt.jar versions.
> 
> Looks fine to me.. missing ChangeLog entry though, which I assume you
> will add before commit :)
> 
> Okay for HEAD with a CL entry.
> 

Yes, done.  I just fired off the patch quickly because I was discussing it with Omair
on IRC and assumed he would give a quick ack.  But seems not.

Thanks for doing so.

> Cheers,
> Deepak
> 
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> > diff -r b1409d2cbd86 Makefile.am
> > --- a/Makefile.am	Tue Nov 30 16:53:16 2010 +0000
> > +++ b/Makefile.am	Tue Nov 30 20:57:41 2010 +0000
> > @@ -220,8 +220,7 @@
> >  	  mkdir -p $(abs_top_builddir)/liveconnect && \
> >  	  $(BOOT_DIR)/bin/javac $(IT_JAVACFLAGS) \
> >  	      -d $(abs_top_builddir)/liveconnect \
> > -	      -classpath $(NETX_DIR) \
> > -	      -bootclasspath $(RUNTIME) \
> > +	      -bootclasspath $(NETX_DIR):$(RUNTIME) \
> >  	      -sourcepath $(LIVECONNECT_SRCS) \
> >  	      @liveconnect-source-files.txt ; \
> >  	fi
> 

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