JDK 11 update

[Greg Lewis]

A minor follow up.  If you do try to compile the main repository, you
need to check out the bsd-port branch.

On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:04:02AM -0800, Greg Lewis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I wanted to briefly post an update on what's going on with JDK 11.
> 
> I'm pleased to say that thanks to the efforts of Kurt Miller there is now
> a preliminary port for JDK 11 that supports FreeBSD.  I expect there will
> be a port in the FreeBSD ports system within the next week.
> 
> If you want to try it sooner, I've placed a tarball of a binary version
> that I compiled on FreeBSD 11.2/amd64 at
> 
> http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/local-distfiles/glewis/openjdk11-11.0.2.9.1-amd64.tar.xz
> 
> This is based on the initial "Alphonse" release at
> 
> https://github.com/battleblow/openjdk-jdk11u/releases/tag/jdk-11.0.2%2B9-1
> 
> You can view the main repo at
> 
> https://github.com/battleblow/openjdk-jdk11u
> 
> You will find that a number of things don't work and you'll also likely
> find many bugs.  The port is currently at the point where it is self
> hosting though, which is a reasonable first release milestone.
> 
> This is planned to be the main port repository and should make it easier
> for people to contribute.  Just send a github pull request if you have
> patches to contribute.
> 
> Note that I'll be AFK for the weekend (starting shortly) and won't be able
> to respond until Monday.
> 
> For those who want to try and compile it, the current commands I'm using
> look like this:
> 
> env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
>     LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib \
>     CC=/usr/bin/cc \
>     CXX=/usr/bin/c++ \
>     bash configure \
>         --with-boot-jdk=/usr/local/openjdk11 \
>         --disable-ccache \
>         --disable-dtrace \
>         --disable-javac-server \
>         --disable-hotspot-gtest \
>         --with-alsa=/usr/local \
>         --with-cups=/usr/local \
>         --with-freetype=system \
>         --with-freetype-include=/usr/local/include/freetype2 \
>         --with-freetype-lib=/usr/local/lib \
>         --with-milestone=fcs \
>         --with-giflib=system \
>         --with-zlib=system \
>         --with-extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include \
>         --with-extra-cxxflags=-I/usr/local/include \
>         --with-extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib \
>         --with-toolchain-type=clang \
>         --x-includes=/usr/local/include \
>         --x-libraries=/usr/local/lib \
>         --with-package-path=/usr/local \
>         --with-debug-level=release \
>         --with-jobs=1
> 
> env LANG="C" \
>     LC_ALL="C" \
>     CLASSPATH="" \
>     JAVA_HOME="" \
>     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" \
>     CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include \
>     LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib \
>     CC=/usr/bin/cc \
>     CXX=/usr/bin/c++ \
>     MAKEFLAGS="" \
>     USE_CLANG=true \
>     gmake \
>     CC=/usr/bin/cc \
>     CXX=/usr/bin/c++ \
>     COMPILER_WARNINGS_FATAL="false" \
>     LOG=debug \
>     images
> 
> Where I've got the binary tarball installed in /usr/local/openjdk11.  You
> should adapt these as necessary for your system.  Note that I'll be
> providing little support for anyone attempting to use those commands since
> my focus will be on creating the port itself rather than supporting one off
> builds.  They should work if you have the right dependencies and you're
> running FreeBSD 11.2/amd64.  It's likely only minimal fixes would be
> required for FreeBSD 12/amd64 as well, assuming the binary runs, although
> no one has tested it there yet.
> 
> If you are on i386/powerpc64/arm, which are supported by openjdk8, then
> you'll need to work a lot harder to get yourself bootstrapped since there
> is no binary.  See https://github.com/battleblow/openjdk-jdk11u/pull/1 for
> some hints on how to bootstrap without a working JDK 11.  There will also
> likely be errors you need to fix since it has not been compiled on these
> platforms yet.
> 
> -- 
> Greg Lewis                          Email   : glewis at eyesbeyond.com
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