Building Graal on Windows

[Raffaello Giulietti]

Yes, I noticed :-)
Thanks to Gilles


On 2015-04-27 13:30, Doug Simon wrote:
> 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      I think the information on the wiki is just outdated.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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