From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 7 15: 7:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4837737B404 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 930FE43E65 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:07:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g97M7hph044562; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:07:43 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g97M7gc2044561; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:07:42 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:07:42 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Mark Haney Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux JDK 1.3 necessary to compile JDK 1.3.1 source from Sun? Message-ID: <20021007220742.GA44527@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <3da1f074.5228.0@email.franklin.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3da1f074.5228.0@email.franklin.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 04:37:08PM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: [...] > Why is it necessary to install the Linux JDK before building the JDK from source > and the patchset? Because Sun's build procedure requires a valid bootstrap SDK to build an SDK. > Can I just use the Linux JDK? Yup. > Can I build from source and the patchset without first installing the Linux > version? Nope. However, once you've installled the native version, you can delete the Linux version. The native version can also be used to bootstrap any in-version upgrades. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vini, vidi, velcro... I came, I saw, I stuck around To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message