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1README: 2 This file should be located at the top of the OpenJDK Mercurial repository 3 forest. This top or enclosing repository will include a "make" directory, 4 and a Makefile at the very top of the repository. 5 It should also include the 6 repositories: "jdk", "hotspot", "langtools", 6 "corba", "jaxws" and "jaxp". 7 8 See http://openjdk.java.net/ for more information about the OpenJDK. 9 10Simple Build Instructions: 11 12 1. Download and install a JDK 6 from 13 http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp 14 Set the environment variable ALT_BOOTDIR to the location of this JDK 6. 15 16 2. Download and install the Binary Plugs for the most recent JDK7 from 17 http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/ 18 Set the environment variable ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH to the location of 19 these binary plugs. 20 21 3. Check the sanity of doing a build with the current machine: 22 gnumake sanity 23 See README-builds.html if you run into problems. 24 25 4. Do a complete build of the jdk: 26 gnumake all 27 The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/j2sdk-image 28 29where gnumake is GNU make 3.78.1 or newer, /usr/bin/make on Linux and 30/usr/sfw/bin/gmake or /opt/sfw/bin/gmake on Solaris. 31 32