Building Java 9 on Windows

This version focuses on building Java 9 on Windows (8.1 64bits) and takes a few short-cuts from the Java 8 version (refer to that version if you get issues).

Last updated: 2015-05-14, fixed JDK image path, Freetype 2.5.5, use cygpaths

1. Download and install Windows SDK 7.1 (there is no need for the samples and .Net tools)
2. Download and install Microsoft DirectX 9.0 SDK (the ReadMe says the version from summer 2004, however this does not seem to still be available from Microsoft, the version from June 2010 seems to be a working replacement)
3. Download and install the Mercurial for Windows
4. Download and install Java 8 (if not already done)
5. Download and install Babun, then use its package manager to install zip :
   

   pact install zip

6. Create a C:\dev\ directory 
7. Download Freetype source (2.5.5) and extract to C:\dev\freetype-2.5.5
8. In the Babun console:
   

   cd /cygdrive/c/dev/jdk9

   (use a slash / instead of a back-slash \ )
9. Get the root source:
   

   hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/

    (or the more bleeding edge http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/ )
   
10. Move to the new directory
    

    cd /cygdrive/c/dev/jdk9

11. Get the remainder of the source
    

    ./get_source.sh 

12. Force the permissions
    

    chmod -R u+rwxs .

    (otherwise some files get access denied errors)
13. Run the auto-conf script
    

    bash configure --with-freetype-src=/cygdrive/c/dev/freetype-2.5.5

14. Time for cooking
    

    make images

15. Once done, open a new standard Windows console and navigate to
    

    C:\dev\jdk9\build\windows-x86_64-normal-server-release\images\jdk

    check that java runs:
    

    bin\java -version

    or for something a bit more visual:

    bin\jconsole

16. enjoy!

For day to day refresh do the following (in the Babun shell):

1. Go to the JDK directory
   

   cd /cygdrive/c/dev/jdk9

2. Get the sources updates
   

   ./get_source.sh

3. Force the permissions
   

   chmod -R u+rwxs .

4. Remove the build directory
   

   rm -rf build/

5. Rerun the auto-conf script to update the time stamp of the build:
   

   bash configure --with-freetype-src=/cygdrive/c/dev/freetype-2.5.5

6. Re-heat
   

   make images