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Date:      Thu, 30 May 2013 15:07:58 -0700
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Xu Zhe <xzpeter@gmail.com>
Cc:        java@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: JVM panic when build openjdk7 on private FreeBSD 8.2
Message-ID:  <FA6DB77F-EC1B-4BDC-B77C-139CF547FA2D@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <51A6A2ED.5070009@gmail.com>
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Hi--

On May 29, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Xu Zhe <xzpeter@gmail.com> wrote:
[ =85 ]
> BTW, I would appreciate if anyone can tell me why build java need java =
support?

You need a Java compiler to build the Java standard platform libraries =
(ie, java.*, javax.*, etc) needed by the JRE, but you can cross-compile =
those somewhere else (and/or run a precompiled Linux JRE via FreeBSD's =
Linux emulation) if needed to bootstrap a native Java toolchain from =
scratch.

Regards,
--=20
-Chuck




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