duke@2: README: duke@2: This file should be located at the top of the OpenJDK Mercurial repository duke@2: forest. This top or enclosing repository will include a "make" directory, duke@2: and a Makefile at the very top of the repository. duke@2: It should also include the 6 repositories: "jdk", "hotspot", "langtools", duke@2: "corba", "jaxws" and "jaxp". duke@2: duke@2: See http://openjdk.java.net/ for more information about the OpenJDK. duke@2: duke@2: Simple Build Instructions: duke@2: duke@2: 1. Download and install a JDK 6 from duke@2: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp duke@2: Set the environment variable ALT_BOOTDIR to the location of this JDK 6. duke@2: duke@2: 2. Download and install the Binary Plugs for the most recent JDK7 from duke@2: http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/ duke@2: Set the environment variable ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH to the location of duke@2: these binary plugs. duke@2: duke@2: 3. Check the sanity of doing a build with the current machine: duke@2: gnumake sanity duke@2: See README-builds.html if you run into problems. duke@2: duke@2: 4. Do a complete build of the jdk: duke@2: gnumake all duke@2: The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/j2sdk-image duke@2: duke@2: where gnumake is GNU make 3.78.1 or newer, /usr/bin/make on Linux and duke@2: /usr/sfw/bin/gmake or /opt/sfw/bin/gmake on Solaris. duke@2: