Building Graal on Windows

[Doug Simon]

Looks like Gilles made the requested change.

> On Apr 24, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Raffaello Giulietti <raffaello.giulietti at supsi.ch> wrote:
> 
> 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     I think the information on the wiki is just outdated.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
>> >      >
>> >
>> 
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