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diff --git a/development/openjdk/README b/development/openjdk/README index de4628333f..8204b9d061 100644 --- a/development/openjdk/README +++ b/development/openjdk/README @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -OpenJDK is an open source implementation of the Java(TM) 2 Platform -Standard Edition Development Kit. This package is built with the -IcedTea build and integration project and is thus free software. -It includes tools for developing, testing, and running programs -written in the Java programming language. +OpenJDK is an open source implementation of the Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard +Edition Development Kit. This package is built with the IcedTea build +project and includes tools for developing, testing, and running +programs written in Java. apache-ant is a required dependency and you have to install it before you build openjdk. However, you do not need to install Oracle's jdk, @@ -25,6 +24,13 @@ as it will add new files to the /etc/profile.d folder. This script may take a couple of hours to finish and will require about 11 GB of disk space for its temporary directory. It defaults to -"/tmp/SBo" and you may redefine it by invoking the script like this: +"/tmp/SBo" and you may redefine it like this: TMP=/your/temporary/dir ./openjdk.SlackBuild + +If you get an error like + +Internal compiler error: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ReadManager.run(ReadManager.java:166) + +simply run the build again. This happens early so it shouldn't be that of a +problem. At least 1 out of 5 runs so far have always succeded. |