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Goals

• Pass all appropriate certification tests for Java SE 7
• Include a complete, native Cocoa-based UI Toolkit
• Provide excellent performance

• See main project page: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/macosx-port/

Prerequisites

• Hardware: Any 64-bit capable Intel Mac
  • RAM: 4GB, 2GB min
• OS: Mac OS X 10.6, run Software Update to get to at least 10.6.5
• Xcode: 3.2.5 or later from from http://developer.apple.com  (Mac Dev Center section)
• Java: "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 Developer Package" or later from from http://connect.apple.com  (Java section)
• Mercurial:   http://mercurial.berkwood.com/
• Jtreg:   http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg/

Setup

Install the Mercurial "forest" extension:

Source

cd /tmp
hg clone http://bitbucket.org/pmezard/hgforest-crew/
cp hgforest-crew/forest.py ~/.forest.py

Add the following lines to your: ~/.hgrc

[extensions]
hgext.forest=~/.forest.py

Source

hg fclone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/macosx-port/macosx-port
cd macosx-port
chmod 755 get_source.sh
./get_source.sh

Build

make ALLOW_DOWNLOADS=true SA_APPLE_BOOT_JAVA=true ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA=true ALT_BOOTDIR=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.6`

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