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-OpenJDK is an open source implementation of the Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard
-Edition Development Kit. This package is built with the IcedTea build
-project and includes tools for developing, testing, and running
-programs written in Java.
+OpenJDK 7 is an open source implementation of version 7 of the
+Java Development Kit, Standard Edition. It includes tools for developing,
+testing, and running programs written in Java.
apache-ant is a required dependency and you have to install it before
you build openjdk. However, you do not need to install Oracle's jdk,
-since it's only a runtime dependency.
-
-This script imports the security certificates also found in Oracle's
-jdk. You can override this behavior by invoking the script like this:
-
-KEYSTORE_NO_IMPORT=YES ./openjdk.SlackBuild
-
-The above line, however, will cause some programs to fail to estab-
-lish secure connections.
+since it's only a runtime dependency of apache-ant.
Before installing this package please consider any other jdk's/jre's
that you have already installed as they may cause conflicts with the
@@ -22,15 +13,12 @@ PATH, JAVA_HOME and MANPATH variables.
After installing the package you will need to logout/reboot your machine
as it will add new files to the /etc/profile.d folder.
-This script may take a couple of hours to finish and will require
+This script may take a couple of hours to complete and will require
about 11 GB of disk space for its temporary directory. It defaults to
"/tmp/SBo" and you may redefine it like this:
TMP=/your/temporary/dir ./openjdk.SlackBuild
-If you get an error like
-
-Internal compiler error: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ReadManager.run(ReadManager.java:166)
-
-simply run the build again. This happens early so it shouldn't be that of a
-problem. At least 1 out of 5 runs so far have always succeded.
+The 'cacerts' binary is a keystore containing CA certificates which
+are used by Java applications. It is taken from the CentOS package
+'ca-certificates-2015.2.4-65.0.1.el6_6.noarch.rpm'.