Hi Magnus, I actually merged down the freetype compilation from the source during the configuration cycle as it’s being done in JDK9 actually. This was not that straightforward but I could sort that out and had a successful compilation afterwards.
Here is the link to the webrev: http://reinharts.dyndns.org/buildjdk8win/webrev/ <http://reinharts.dyndns.org/buildjdk8win/webrev/> Cheers Patrick > Am 13.11.2014 um 14:50 schrieb Magnus Ihse Bursie > <magnus.ihse.bur...@oracle.com>: > > On 2014-11-12 19:34, Patrick Reinhart wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I’m updating the Adopt OpenJDK website with build instructions to build the >> OpenJDK on Windows 8.1. In order to lower the effort of building also the >> OpenJDK 8 on Windows, myself and some colleges have back ported the build >> scripts from OpenJDK 9. We also could provide a webrev containing all >> changes we made. >> >> Could someone sponsor this back port? > > Sure, I can sponsor that! > > Is the patch straightforward to apply on jdk9 from jdk8? > > /Magnus
