Building JDK 1.4.2.13 in Windows
I am trying to build JDK 1.4.2.13 in Windows. I am using Windows XP (instead of NT) and is the only difference from the informaiton given in build instructions document part of JDK 1.4.2.13. I am trying to build a JRE package from the JDK source which is similar like downloaded JRE file.
Here are the problems:
1. When I build the package, it is is not picking up the latest object files from J2SDK 1.4.2.13 but old files that were part of 1.4.2.0 (JDK 1.4.2). Are these new object files supposed to get updated when the JRE is installed on the target machine or they should overwrite the object files in package itself.
2. The package got built but while installing it complained about plugin.jar file being missing. I traced and found that for WIN32 plugin.jar does not get built ie BUILD_PLUGIN sets to false if win32 folder is not there. But this plugin.jar file is present in the downloaded JRE file.
3. I removed custom action for plugin.jar and retried installation. This time it failed with an error of InstallJavaJRERegistrySettings having improper arguments. This API is part of RegUtil dll which I tried with different copies but all returned same error.
4. I removed the above custom action and able to install JRE on the target machine. But it got installed under D:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2 instead of j2re1.4.2.13. I confirmed that the JDK_VERSION property gets a value of 1.4.2 only.
5. java -version returns an error which could be the reason for 'InstallJavaJRERegistrySettings' not getting executed.
How can I get updates for installation files in JDK source.
I had created a message in another link but could not get much help. That link can be accessed in
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5119418&tstart=0
