IcedTea 1.12.5 windows build errors

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> >> And I guess you did a non-bootstrap build?
> >
> > I'm not sure, what exactly is "bootstrap build"? I copied patched openjdk
> > sources into windows and built them calling "make" from the top directory
> > (I
> > guess this is called "control build").
> 
> icedtea can build an intermediate jdk, usually using gcj or ecj, and
> only after that, uses it to build the real jdk. I think that's the
> default behavior. It is controlled by --disable-bootstrap. The
> purposes of this intermediate step are to purge the resulting binaries
> of all proprietary stuff that might have crept in, and also to
> facilitate building on platforms where there was no Sun-provided JDK.
> 

Recent versions support bootstrapping with any JDK.  Please file bugs if
that doesn't work.

> >> I'd try make extract.
> >
> > On the quick glance "make extract" leave "icedtea6-1.12.5/openjdk"
> > directory
> > unpatched.
> 
> make patch
> looks more promising ;)
> 

-- 
Andrew :)

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