which files need downloaded for compiling jdk ?

[James Hartley]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Douglas <douglas.hunter at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> ...but am still unclear on specifically which "necessary distribution files
> and patch sets" to download.

make will prompt you if any of the files are not found when being
executed, so you can look in the corresponding Makefile for the
necessary filenames:

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/devel/jdk/1.6/Makefile?rev=1.5&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

Likewise, the building of JDK1.6 required JDK1.5, so you will need to
look at its Makefile as well:

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/devel/jdk/1.5/Makefile?rev=1.52&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

Disclaimer:  the links above are to files in the -current ports tree.
I don't recall that the required external files have changed (yet)
from -release, but you should consult the matching Makefiles for
definitive information. Once the ports tree is installed, you will
find the appropriate Makefiles in:

/usr/ports/devel/jdk/1.5/Makefile
/usr/ports/devel/jdk/1.6/Makefile

I haven't built JDK1.7, so you will need to look through its Makefile
for additional information if that is the version you desire.