[DERBY-5483] Improve Derby build to build with IBM JDK 1.7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 10.8.2.2, 10.9.1.0
• Component/s: Build tools
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Katherine Marsden
• Created: 25/Oct/11 23:13
• Updated: 28/Oct/11 18:32

Description

The Derby build should be improved to build with IBM JDK 1.7. One issue with the current setup that that Rick noticed in DERBY-5469 is that the version in the IBM 1.7 rt.jar manifest is incorrect and vendor missing. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5469?focusedCommentId=13135307&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13135307

Kathy is filing an issue for the manifest problem, but there is also talk in that issue of removing the manifest inspection.
I am not sure what other issues there might be.

Issue Links

• relates to: DERBY-5469 Make it possible to build Derby if you are on Mac OS X and your JDK is JDK 7
• relates to: DERBY-5485 Simplify PropertySetter so that it is less brittle and easier to maintain.