>>>> Success. I found this post from Arun Gupta: >>>> https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/build_open_jdk_7_on >>>> >>>> which specifies this >>>> >>>> make ALLOW_DOWNLOADS=true SA_APPLE_BOOT_JAVA=true >>>> ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA=true ALT_BOOTDIR=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v1.6` >>>> HOTSPOT_BUILD_JOBS=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` >>>> >>>> rather than this >>>> >>>> CPATH="/usr/X11/include" LANG=C make ALLOW_DOWNLOADS=true >>>> ALT_BOOTDIR=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7+` HOTSPOT_BUILD_JOBS=`sysctl >>>> -n hw.ncpu` >>>> >>>> at https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/MacOSXPort/Main >>>> >>>> The differences are: >>>> - At the front, remove: CPATH="/usr/X11/include" LANG=C >>>> - Add this: SA_APPLE_BOOT_JAVA=true ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA=true >>> >>> You missed the v1.6 vs v1.7+ on the ALT_BOOTDIR setting. I suspect >>> that is the real difference. >> Thanks David, That makes sense. What does -v do? I didn't find a spec >> describing it. -Pete > > I would assume it selects the version of the JDK to run. It's an Apple JDK, > or perhaps an OS X software installation, option.
It's synonymous with java_version in applet tags: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/index-141751.html#JAVA_VERSION -DrD-
