Building Graal on Windows

[Raffaello Giulietti]

Hi,

the instructions for building Graal on Windows 
(https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Graal/Windows) still mention a 
dependency on "DirectX SDK (Summer 2004)" in step 2.

Since that specific SDK is missing from the Microsoft archives and since 
the build completes even without it, step 2 should be removed from the 
instructions.

Alternatively, the instructions shall provide a trusted, stable and 
legally compliant feed for the SDK.

Anybody entitled to modify the instruction page should please do so for 
the sake of clarity and useless chasing for the SDK.

Regards
Raffaello



On 2014-11-07 19:22, Raffaello Giulietti wrote:
> Hi Christian, hi Bernhard,
>
> I'll try the build without the DirectX SDK but that won't be before next
> week. I'll give you a detailed feedback about the build on this mailing
> list as soon as I get a running Graal VM.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Raffaello
>
>
>
> On 2014-11-07 19:14, Bernhard Urban wrote:
>  > afaik the DirectX dependency is only needed for building the whole JDK,
>  > but not for HotSpot (which will be built with Graal). Can you try to
>  > skip this step?
>  >
>  > -Bernhard
>  >
>  > On Nov 7, 2014 7:05 PM, "Christian Humer" <christian.humer at gmail.com
>  > <mailto:christian.humer at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  >     Hi Raffaello,
>  >
>  >     I am running on Windows 8 (64 bit) and it works fine for me on a
> modern
>  >     direct x version (DirectX 11)
>  >     I think the information on the wiki is just outdated.
>  >
>  >     Can you try if you can continue without installing any specific
> directx
>  >     version?
>  >     Let us know if it worked, so we can update the wiki.
>  >
>  >     Thanks!
>  >
>  >     - Christian Humer
>  >
>  >     On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Raffaello Giulietti <
>  >     raffaello.giulietti at supsi.ch <mailto:raffaello.giulietti at supsi.ch>>
>  >     wrote:
>  >
>  >      > Hello,
>  >      >
>  >      > I'm on Windows 7 (64 bit) and would like to build Graal.
>  >      >
>  >      > The instructions at
>  >     https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Graal/Windows
>  >      > mention to install "DirectX SDK (Summer 2004)". This version of
>  >     the DirectX
>  >      > SDK seems not to be available anymore on the Microsoft sites, so
>  >     I'm stuck.
>  >      >
>  >      > I'm somehow reluctant to download the DirectX SDK from other
>  >     sites not
>  >      > related to Microsoft, but I'm willing to do so if you recommend
>  >     specific,
>  >      > reliable software repositories.
>  >      >
>  >      > Alternatively, does it really have to be the Summer 2004 release
>  >     or do
>  >      > more recent releases work as well?
>  >      >
>  >      > Thanks for suggestions
>  >      > Raffaello Giulietti
>  >      >
>  >
>