Building OpenJDK Under Solaris SPARC and x64

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Building OpenJDK Under Solaris SPARC and x64

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Abstract:

There has been must discussion regarding Java and Solaris, both SPARC, Intel x86, and AMD x64. Oracle had released Java into the wild, under a fast continuous release plan, and paid support plans for long term releases. OpenJDK is the reference release of JavaSE since Java 7. Once concern in the industry has been, how to we compile the latest versions of Java, and this has been discussed in detail by various authors to be cited.

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Building OpenJDK 12 under Solaris:

Guest Author Petr Sumbera had published an article on Oracle's Solaris Blog on how to compile your own version  of OpenJDK 12. What is interesting is that it uses an existing JDK to perform that process!

To compile OpenJDK 12, SPARC Solaris requires JDK 8 under Intel Solaris and JDK 11 under SPARC Solaris. In addition, you will need Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4.

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OpenJDK on SPARC Solaris:

In  March 2019, Oracle Author Martin Mueller also published an article on Building OpenJDK Java Releases on Oracle Solaris/SPARC. In addition, you will need Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4. This article may help in the build of of OpenJDK for SPARC.

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OpenJDK on Intel or AMD Solaris:

In February 2019, Birkbeck College, Computer Science Department, Author Andrew Watkins also published an article on Building OpenJDK 12 on Solaris 11 x86_64. This followed on his October 2018 article on  Building OpenJDK 11 on Solaris 11 x86_64. This followed on his September 2018 article on Building OpenJDK 10 on Solaris 11 x86_64. These articles may help in the building of OpenJDK for Intel or AMD systems.

Conclusions:

The availability of the latest Java, license & support free, is available if one wants to roll their own. If commercial support is desired, Java can can still be acquired from Oracle with a Long Term Support (LTS) contract.