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Fernando Nasser commented on JBAS-4501:
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Dimitris, first we need 4.2 to compile with JDK1.6 so we can have it built with OpenJDK.
Second, the compilation with 1.6 is catching problems that will affect run-time if one
just gets the 1.5 build and use it in 1.6, which otherwise would go unoticed.
Another thing, even if we stuff lots of things in endorsed, there are changes in things
like JDBC etc that may still require slightly different binaries. And note that by
overriding parts of the JDK by populating endorsed we'd be NOT really running with JDK
1.6, but with a 1.5/1.6 variant. If applications expect a 1.6 environment and assume that
they may not see the right behavior.
So I think Shelly approach is sound. Even if we achieve the goal of using a JDK 1.5 build
in a 1.6 environment, the differences flagged during the build with 1.6 will allow that to
be done more safely (and again, we need it for OpenJDK build).
JBoss AS won't build with JDK 1.6
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Key: JBAS-4501
URL:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-4501
Project: JBoss Application Server
Issue Type: Feature Request
Security Level: Public(Everyone can see)
Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.2.0.GA
Reporter: Fernando Nasser
Assigned To: Shelly McGowan
Attachments: jboss-build.patch, jbosstestsuite-build.patch
JBoss AS 4.2.0.GA fails to build with JDK 1.6
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