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diff --git a/openjdk/build/README.txt b/openjdk/build/README.txt index a7df567d..b47edd91 100644 --- a/openjdk/build/README.txt +++ b/openjdk/build/README.txt @@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ Build instructions for OpenJDK are provided further down in this README. Or, you can just install my pre-compiled packages which I *also* provide! If you want to install and just use my pre-built packages, then all you -really need are "rhino" which is the JavaScript engine, "icedtea-web" -which is the browser plugin, and one of "openjdk" or "openjre" packages, -depending of course on whether you need the full Java compiler suite or -only the Java Runtime Environment. +really need is "icedtea-web" which is the browser plugin, and one of +the "openjdk" or "openjre" packages, depending of course on whether you +need the full Java compiler suite or only the Java Runtime Environment. +A separate "rhino" package is no longer needed because Java 8 contains +its own JavaScript engine implementation now. You will also need to install apache-ant if you want to compile OpenJDK yourself. In the past, xalan and xerces were needed separately as well @@ -111,15 +112,13 @@ Slackware 13.1 and older: Furthermore, you will need to have the following Apache Ant related packages installed before starting the compilation of OpenJDK. * apache-ant -* rhino Please note that after installing apache-ant you will have to logout and login again to initialize the ANT_HOME environment variable. -Only the "rhino" package has to remain on your system in order to *run* OpenJDK. Apache-ant is only needed during the compilation and can optionally be removed afterwards (but why should you). ============================================================================== -Eric Hameleers <alien at slackware.com>, 30-may-2014 +Eric Hameleers <alien at slackware.com>, 24-apr-2016 |