----- Original Message ----- > On 09/04/2013 23:11, Omair Majid wrote: > > : > > I would like to avoid this in the future; any tips on how to run the old > > build? I couldn't get it to work last I tried (the error messages were > > redirecting me to the new build). > I see Brad's reply but I think what you are looking for is actually: > > make NEWBUILD=false > > It's not clear how long the old build will remain on life support. > Hopefully the last few people that are still using the old build will > migrate soon so that we don't have to continue to keep it working.
This is news to me. I tried our usual IcedTea build with 8, and it just told me I had to use the new one. So we converted. The work we've done on system libraries for 8 we did for 6 & 7 a long time ago with the old build system, so we could add it to 8. But is there really any point? > > -Alan > > > > > > -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
