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1.4 </li>
1.5 <li>
1.6 Install a
1.7 - <a name="bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a>
1.8 - <br>
1.9 + <a name="bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a>.
1.10 All OpenJDK builds require access to a previously released
1.11 - JDK, this is often called a bootstrap JDK.
1.12 - Currently, for this JDK release we require
1.13 - JDK 7 Update 7 or newer.
1.14 + JDK called the <i>bootstrap JDK</i> or <i>boot JDK.</i>
1.15 + The general rule is that the bootstrap JDK
1.16 + must be an instance of the previous major
1.17 + release of the JDK. In addition, there may be
1.18 + a requirement to use a release at or beyond a
1.19 + particular update level.
1.20 + <br> <br>
1.21 +
1.22 + <b><i>Building JDK 8 requires use of a version
1.23 + of JDK 7 that is at Update 7 or newer. JDK 8
1.24 + developers should not use JDK 8 as the boot
1.25 + JDK, to ensure that JDK 8 dependencies are
1.26 + not introduced into the parts of the system
1.27 + that are built with JDK 7.</i></b>
1.28 +
1.29 + <br> <br>
1.30 The JDK 7 binaries can be downloaded from Oracle's
1.31 <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html"
1.32 target="_blank">JDK 7 download site</a>.
