build JVM/JRE from source

since java is now open source, can we get the JVM/JRE sources and have them built from source ?

im looking for the source code, i know it exists but still cant find it . if anybody knows where to find it and how to build it please tell me

[251 byte] By [_stevea] at [2007-11-27 11:54:16]

# 1

Why you'd like to build the jdk source code? You can download the build freely..

JDK 6 source code download: http://download.java.net/jdk6/

java_2006a at 2007-7-29 18:54:58 >

# 2

i didnt say JDK, i said JVM/JRE unless you consider JDK to be JRE, this always confuses me.

anyway we have just upgraded our servers hardware and i think an

already built JVM distribution will not perform as a JVM built from source on the host machine would.

i suppose i only need the JVM right ?

_stevea at 2007-7-29 18:54:58 >

# 3

i found the J2EE 1.4.1 Reference Implementation at http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/j2ee/j2ee/download.xml

but it only contains versions up to 1.4.1, while i need the 1.4.2_12

anyone knows where we could find that

_stevea at 2007-7-29 18:54:58 >

# 4

forgot to state that my system is RHEL 4 update 4 64-bit

and apparently the source distribution i downloaded does not have support for 2.6 kernels ?! .

why is this so hard to find ?

_stevea at 2007-7-29 18:54:58 >

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