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[168]1OpenJDK 6 Alpha for OS/2 and eCS
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3Version 1.6.0 Build 13 Alpha (2010-10-01)
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5This is an alpha build intended for testing purposes.
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9INTRODUCTION
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11This document contains a brief information on the OS/2 version of the
12OpenJDK 6 product. Please read it carefully before starting your work.
13You may also visit the project page at
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15 http://svn.netlabs.org/java/wiki
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17to get more information and the latest news and also to report bugs.
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19To get a brief list of OS/2-specific changes from release to release
20please see the CHANGES.OS2 file included in this distribution.
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24REQUIREMENTS
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26In order to use this version of OpenJDK, you will need the following:
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28 - A OS/2 Warp 4 Fixpack 16+, OS/2 Warp 4.5 or eComStation operating system.
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30 - Odin32 library version 0.6.21470 (2010-10-01) or above:
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32 ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20101001-release.wpi
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36INSTALLATION
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38 The OpenJDK product is distributed in two packages: the SDK and the JRE.
39 Simply take a needed package and unzip it to some directory. You will need
40 to add the \bin subdirectory inside this directory to PATH and BEGINLIBPATH
41 to allow for starting Java executables from an arbitrary location:
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43 set PATH=<directory>\bin;%PATH%
44 set BEGINLIBPATH=<directory>\bin;%BEGINLIBPATH%
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48CURRENT LIMITATIONS
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50 1. Only console Java applications will work! No AWT, no Swing so far.
51 This will come in a Beta.
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53 See the project roadmap for more information on the current progress and
54 future plans:
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56 http://svn.netlabs.org/java/roadmap
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58 Feel free to request new features and report bugs using the project bug
59 tracker abaialble at:
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61 http://svn.netlabs.org/java/report
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65CREDITS
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67Dmitry A. Kuminov (development)
68Silvan Scherrer (management)
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70netlabs.org (hosting & support)
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72Oracle Corporation (original OpenJDK product)
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74We also want to THANK all individuals and organizations who made the donations
75to this project and helped to make it happen.
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78Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
79OS/2 and OS/2 Warp are trademarks of the IBM Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
80eComStation is a trademark of Serenity Systems International and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
81Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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