Building the RVM

host.name

The name of the host environment used for building Jikes RVM. The host environment defines the paths to the tools used during the build, e.g. the path to the C compiler. The name should match one of the files located in the build/hosts/ directory minus the '.properties' extension.

None

target.name

The name of the target environment for Jikes RVM. The name should match one of the files located in the build/targets/ directory minus the '.properties' extension. This should only be specified when cross compiling the Jikes RVM. See Cross-Platform Building for a detailed description of cross compilation.

${host.name}

config.name

The name of the configuration used when building Jikes RVM. The name should match one of the files located in the build/configs/ directory minus the '.properties' extension. This setting is further described in the section Configuring the RVM.

None

patch.name

An identifier for the current patch applied to the source tree. See Building Patched Versions for a description of how this fits into the standard usage patterns of Jikes RVM.

""

components.dir

The directory where Ant looks for external components when building the RVM.

${jikesrvm.dir}/components

dist.dir

The directory where Ant stores the final Jikes RVM runtime.

${jikesrvm.dir}/dist

build.dir

The directory where Ant stores the intermediate artifacts generated when building the Jikes RVM.

${jikesrvm.dir}/target

protect.config-files

Define this property if you do not want the build process to update configuration files when auto downloading components.

(Undefined)

components.cache.dir

The directory where Ant caches downloaded components.  If you explicitly download a component, place it in this directory.

(Undefined, forcing download)

Only useful if you want to contribute changes to the Jikes RVM. If set to true, run checkstyle during the build to check for violations of the Jikes RVM Coding Style. Coding Conventions for assertions must be checked manually.