1README: 2 This file should be located at the top of the jdk Mercurial repository. 3 4 See http://openjdk.java.net/ for more information about the OpenJDK. 5 6Simple Build Instructions: 7 8 1. Download and install a JDK 6 from 9 http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp 10 Set the environment variable ALT_BOOTDIR to the location of this JDK 6. 11 12 2. Either download and install the latest JDK7 from 13 http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/, or build your own complete 14 OpenJDK7 by using the top level Makefile in the OpenJDK Mercurial forest. 15 Set the environment variable ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH to the location of 16 this latest JDK7 or OpenJDK7 build. 17 18 3. Check the sanity of doing a build with the current machine: 19 cd make && gnumake sanity 20 See README-builds.html if you run into problems. 21 22 4. Do a partial build of the jdk: 23 cd make && gnumake all 24 25 5. Construct the images: 26 cd make && gnumake images 27 The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/j2sdk-image 28 29 30