RFR: 7113349 JDK8 port to macosx

[Michael McMahon]

Right, except for using 7u4 as the boot JDK, everything else should be 
the same.

- Michael

On 14/03/12 15:33, Mike Swingler wrote:
> They should be the same ones as what is on the<https://wikis.oracle.com/display/OpenJDK/Mac+OS+X+Port>  wiki page...it's just a different repo. I haven't tried it yet, but if you have any issues, here is the place to discuss them.
>
> Regards,
> Mike Swingler
> Apple Inc.
>
> On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Henri Gomez wrote:
>
>> Good news.
>>
>> Could you recall us the recommended/official build command lines ?
>>
>> 2012/3/14 Alan Bateman<Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>:
>>> On 03/03/2012 14:31, Alan Bateman wrote:
>>>> On 03/03/2012 14:14, Henri Gomez wrote:
>>>>> Guys could you detail JDK8 build process on OSX ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to add this to my openjdk-osx-build project.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>> The Mac port isn't in jdk8 yet but should be very soon. The webrev that
>>>> Michael sent a link to is just part of the process to get the changes agreed
>>>> before he pushes it to the jdk8/tl forest, something that I hope will happen
>>>> within a few days. All going well it should mean the Mac port should get to
>>>> the jdk8 master in a few weeks (exactly when it's clearly but I assume it
>>>> will bake in jdk8/tl for a bit).
>>> Just to follow up on this thread. Lana pushed the Mac port to the jdk8
>>> master yesterday so you should be able to clone jdk8/jdk8 and do your stuff
>>> (with a jdk7 build as the bootstrap JDK and working around the gamma
>>> launcher issue).
>>>
>>> -Alan