Hi John, I'm not sure going forwards if the documentation is supposed to cover all OpenJDK forests (in terms of version numbers, that is, OpenJDK 7 and OpenJDK 8) or whether the documentation will diverge depending on what forest you're in. I've got a few doc patches I'm holding off on until we know which way this is going to go.
I've CC'd in Cecilia and Iris, (Ben and I had a meeting with Cecilia and Tomas about this last week) to see if they can shed some light, as I know they're intending to update the developer docs shortly. Cheers, Martijn On 17 April 2012 15:03, John Oliver <jo...@insightfullogic.com> wrote: > I was building jdk8 and noticed that your documentation generally states > that you need a jdk 1.6.0 as a bootstrap, in the following files: > > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**jdk8/build/raw-file/tip/**README-builds.html<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/build/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html> > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**jdk8/build/raw-file/tip/README<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/build/raw-file/tip/README> > > When I tried to build using 1.6.0 I received the following: > > ERROR:Your BOOTDIR environment variable doesnot point > to a validJDK for bootstrapping this build. > A JDK 8 build must be bootstrapped using > JDK 1.7.0 fcs (or later). > Apparently, your bootstrapJDK is version1.6.0 > Please update yourALT_BOOTDIR settingand start your build again. > > > > When I retried using 1.7.0 as a bootstrap it was fine. I presume those > files need to be updated to reflect that you now need at least 1.7.0. > > Thanks > > John > > > -- > John Oliver > > InsightfulLogic > http://www.insightfullogic.com > >
