8057538: Build the freetype library during configure on Windows
authorsimonis
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:42:07 +0100
changeset 26400 4d6c6f2df610
parent 26399 cecab64dc33a
child 26401 8056c9157546
8057538: Build the freetype library during configure on Windows Reviewed-by: erikj, ihse
common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh
common/autoconf/help.m4
common/autoconf/libraries.m4
common/autoconf/toolchain.m4
common/autoconf/toolchain_windows.m4
--- a/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh	Tue Sep 09 15:12:50 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh	Tue Sep 09 17:42:07 2014 +0100
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@
 GNM
 NM
 STRIP
+MSBUILD
 DUMPBIN
 RC
 MT
@@ -1088,6 +1089,7 @@
 with_freetype
 with_freetype_include
 with_freetype_lib
+with_freetype_src
 enable_freetype_bundling
 with_alsa
 with_alsa_include
@@ -1942,6 +1944,9 @@
                           headers under PATH/include)
   --with-freetype-include specify directory for the freetype include files
   --with-freetype-lib     specify directory for the freetype library
+  --with-freetype-src     specify directory with freetype sources to
+                          automatically build the library (experimental,
+                          Windows-only)
   --with-alsa             specify prefix directory for the alsa package
                           (expecting the libraries under PATH/lib and the
                           headers under PATH/include)
@@ -3882,20 +3887,18 @@
       HELP_MSG="You might be able to fix this by running '$PKGHANDLER_COMMAND'."
       ;;
     freetype)
-      if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS" = x32; then
-        HELP_MSG="To install freetype, run:
-wget \"http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/freetype.php\" -O /tmp/freetype-setup.exe
-chmod +x /tmp/freetype-setup.exe
-/tmp/freetype-setup.exe
-Follow GUI prompts, and install to default directory \"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\".
-After installation, locate lib/libfreetype.dll.a and make a copy with the name freetype.dll."
-      else
-        HELP_MSG="You need to build a 64-bit version of freetype.
-This is not readily available.
-You can find source code and build instructions on
-http://www.freetype.org/
-If you put the resulting build in \"C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\", it will be found automatically."
-      fi
+      HELP_MSG="
+The freetype library can now be build during the configure process.
+Download the freetype sources and unpack them into an arbitrary directory:
+
+wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.5.3.tar.gz
+tar -xzf freetype-2.5.3.tar.gz
+
+Then run configure with '--with-freetype-src=<freetype_src>'. This will
+automatically build the freetype library into '<freetype_src>/lib64' for 64-bit
+builds or into '<freetype_src>/lib32' for 32-bit builds.
+Afterwards you can always use '--with-freetype-include=<freetype_src>/include'
+and '--with-freetype-lib=<freetype_src>/lib32|64' for other builds."
       ;;
   esac
 }
@@ -4061,6 +4064,8 @@
 
 
 
+
+
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -4321,7 +4326,7 @@
 #CUSTOM_AUTOCONF_INCLUDE
 
 # Do not change or remove the following line, it is needed for consistency checks:
-DATE_WHEN_GENERATED=1409311712
+DATE_WHEN_GENERATED=1410280734
 
 ###############################################################################
 #
@@ -26881,6 +26886,10 @@
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
         VS_ENV_CMD="$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be one of 'v100', 'v110' or 'v120' for VS 2010, 2012 or VS2013
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of VS
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="v100"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -26922,6 +26931,10 @@
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
         VS_ENV_CMD="$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be one of 'v100', 'v110' or 'v120' for VS 2010, 2012 or VS2013
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of VS
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="v100"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -26952,6 +26965,10 @@
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
         VS_ENV_CMD="$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be one of 'v100', 'v110' or 'v120' for VS 2010, 2012 or VS2013
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of VS
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="v100"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -26981,6 +26998,10 @@
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
         VS_ENV_CMD="$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be one of 'v100', 'v110' or 'v120' for VS 2010, 2012 or VS2013
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of VS
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="v100"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -27009,6 +27030,10 @@
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
         VS_ENV_CMD="$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be one of 'v100', 'v110' or 'v120' for VS 2010, 2012 or VS2013
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of VS
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="v100"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -27051,6 +27076,10 @@
         else
           VS_ENV_ARGS="/x64"
         fi
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be 'Windows7.1SDK' for Windows7.1SDK
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of SDK
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="Windows7.1SDK"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -27093,6 +27122,10 @@
         else
           VS_ENV_ARGS="/x64"
         fi
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be 'Windows7.1SDK' for Windows7.1SDK
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of SDK
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="Windows7.1SDK"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -27135,6 +27168,10 @@
         else
           VS_ENV_ARGS="/x64"
         fi
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be 'Windows7.1SDK' for Windows7.1SDK
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of SDK
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="Windows7.1SDK"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -27176,6 +27213,10 @@
         else
           VS_ENV_ARGS="/x64"
         fi
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be 'Windows7.1SDK' for Windows7.1SDK
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of SDK
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="Windows7.1SDK"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -27216,6 +27257,10 @@
         else
           VS_ENV_ARGS="/x64"
         fi
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be 'Windows7.1SDK' for Windows7.1SDK
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of SDK
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="Windows7.1SDK"
       else
         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD" >&6;}
@@ -35112,6 +35157,50 @@
 $as_echo "$as_me: Rewriting DUMPBIN to \"$new_complete\"" >&6;}
   fi
 
+    # We need to check for 'msbuild.exe' because at the place where we expect to
+    # find 'msbuild.exe' there's also a directory called 'msbuild' and configure
+    # won't find the 'msbuild.exe' executable in that case (and the
+    # 'ac_executable_extensions' is unusable due to performance reasons).
+    # Notice that we intentionally don't fix up the path to MSBUILD because we
+    # will call it in a DOS shell during freetype detection on Windows (see
+    # 'LIB_SETUP_FREETYPE' in "libraries.m4"
+    # Extract the first word of "msbuild.exe", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy msbuild.exe; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_MSBUILD+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$MSBUILD"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_MSBUILD="$MSBUILD" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_MSBUILD="msbuild.exe"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+MSBUILD=$ac_cv_prog_MSBUILD
+if test -n "$MSBUILD"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MSBUILD" >&5
+$as_echo "$MSBUILD" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
   fi
 
   if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xsolaris; then
@@ -44318,6 +44407,12 @@
   withval=$with_freetype_lib;
 fi
 
+
+# Check whether --with-freetype-src was given.
+if test "${with_freetype_src+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_freetype_src;
+fi
+
   # Check whether --enable-freetype-bundling was given.
 if test "${enable_freetype_bundling+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_freetype_bundling;
@@ -44329,7 +44424,7 @@
   FREETYPE_BUNDLE_LIB_PATH=
 
   if test "x$FREETYPE_NOT_NEEDED" = xyes; then
-    if test "x$with_freetype" != x || test "x$with_freetype_include" != x || test "x$with_freetype_lib" != x; then
+    if test "x$with_freetype" != x || test "x$with_freetype_include" != x || test "x$with_freetype_lib" != x || test "x$with_freetype_src" != x; then
       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: freetype not used, so --with-freetype is ignored" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: freetype not used, so --with-freetype is ignored" >&2;}
     fi
@@ -44342,6 +44437,429 @@
 
     BUNDLE_FREETYPE="$enable_freetype_bundling"
 
+    if  test "x$with_freetype_src" != x; then
+      if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xwindows; then
+        # Try to build freetype if --with-freetype-src was given on Windows
+
+  FREETYPE_SRC_PATH="$with_freetype_src"
+  BUILD_FREETYPE=yes
+
+  # Check if the freetype sources are acessible..
+  if ! test -d $FREETYPE_SRC_PATH; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: --with-freetype-src specified, but can't find path \"$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH\" - ignoring --with-freetype-src" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: --with-freetype-src specified, but can't find path \"$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH\" - ignoring --with-freetype-src" >&2;}
+    BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+  fi
+  # ..and contain a vc2010 project file
+  vcxproj_path="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/builds/windows/vc2010/freetype.vcxproj"
+  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes && ! test -s $vcxproj_path; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Can't find project file $vcxproj_path (you may try a newer freetype version) - ignoring --with-freetype-src" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Can't find project file $vcxproj_path (you may try a newer freetype version) - ignoring --with-freetype-src" >&2;}
+    BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+  fi
+  # Now check if configure found a version of 'msbuild.exe'
+  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes && test "x$MSBUILD" == x ; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Can't find an msbuild.exe executable (you may try to install .NET 4.0) - ignoring --with-freetype-src" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Can't find an msbuild.exe executable (you may try to install .NET 4.0) - ignoring --with-freetype-src" >&2;}
+    BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+  fi
+
+  # Ready to go..
+  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes; then
+
+    # msbuild requires trailing slashes for output directories
+    freetype_lib_path="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/lib$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS/"
+    freetype_lib_path_unix="$freetype_lib_path"
+    freetype_obj_path="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/obj$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS/"
+
+  unix_path="$vcxproj_path"
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+    windows_path=`$CYGPATH -m "$unix_path"`
+    vcxproj_path="$windows_path"
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+    windows_path=`cmd //c echo $unix_path`
+    vcxproj_path="$windows_path"
+  fi
+
+
+  unix_path="$freetype_lib_path"
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+    windows_path=`$CYGPATH -m "$unix_path"`
+    freetype_lib_path="$windows_path"
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+    windows_path=`cmd //c echo $unix_path`
+    freetype_lib_path="$windows_path"
+  fi
+
+
+  unix_path="$freetype_obj_path"
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+    windows_path=`$CYGPATH -m "$unix_path"`
+    freetype_obj_path="$windows_path"
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+    windows_path=`cmd //c echo $unix_path`
+    freetype_obj_path="$windows_path"
+  fi
+
+    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS" = x64; then
+      freetype_platform=x64
+    else
+      freetype_platform=win32
+    fi
+
+    # The original freetype project file is for VS 2010 (i.e. 'v100'),
+    # so we have to adapt the toolset if building with any other toolsed (i.e. SDK).
+    # Currently 'PLATFORM_TOOLSET' is set in 'TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_POSSIBLE_VISUAL_STUDIO_ROOT'/
+    # 'TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_POSSIBLE_WIN_SDK_ROOT' in toolchain_windows.m4
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Trying to compile freetype sources with PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET to $freetype_lib_path_unix ..." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Trying to compile freetype sources with PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET to $freetype_lib_path_unix ..." >&6;}
+
+    # First we try to build the freetype.dll
+    $ECHO -e "@echo off\n"\
+	     "$MSBUILD $vcxproj_path "\
+		       "/p:PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET "\
+		       "/p:Configuration=\"Release Multithreaded\" "\
+		       "/p:Platform=$freetype_platform "\
+		       "/p:ConfigurationType=DynamicLibrary "\
+		       "/p:TargetName=freetype "\
+		       "/p:OutDir=\"$freetype_lib_path\" "\
+		       "/p:IntDir=\"$freetype_obj_path\" > freetype.log" > freetype.bat
+    cmd /c freetype.bat
+
+    if test -s "$freetype_lib_path_unix/freetype.dll"; then
+      # If that succeeds we also build freetype.lib
+      $ECHO -e "@echo off\n"\
+	       "$MSBUILD $vcxproj_path "\
+			 "/p:PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET "\
+			 "/p:Configuration=\"Release Multithreaded\" "\
+			 "/p:Platform=$freetype_platform "\
+			 "/p:ConfigurationType=StaticLibrary "\
+			 "/p:TargetName=freetype "\
+			 "/p:OutDir=\"$freetype_lib_path\" "\
+			 "/p:IntDir=\"$freetype_obj_path\" >> freetype.log" > freetype.bat
+      cmd /c freetype.bat
+
+      if test -s "$freetype_lib_path_unix/freetype.lib"; then
+	# Once we build both, lib and dll, set freetype lib and include path appropriately
+	POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/include"
+	POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$freetype_lib_path_unix"
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Compiling freetype sources succeeded! (see freetype.log for build results)" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Compiling freetype sources succeeded! (see freetype.log for build results)" >&6;}
+      else
+	BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+      fi
+    else
+      BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+    fi
+  fi
+
+        if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes; then
+          # Okay, we built it. Check that it works.
+
+  POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH"
+  POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH"
+  METHOD="--with-freetype-src"
+
+  # First check if the files exists.
+  if test -s "$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH/ft2build.h"; then
+    # We found an arbitrary include file. That's a good sign.
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Found freetype include files at $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH using $METHOD" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Found freetype include files at $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH using $METHOD" >&6;}
+    FOUND_FREETYPE=yes
+
+    FREETYPE_LIB_NAME="${LIBRARY_PREFIX}freetype${SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+    if ! test -s "$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH/$FREETYPE_LIB_NAME"; then
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Could not find $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH/$FREETYPE_LIB_NAME. Ignoring location." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Could not find $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH/$FREETYPE_LIB_NAME. Ignoring location." >&6;}
+      FOUND_FREETYPE=no
+    else
+      if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xwindows; then
+        # On Windows, we will need both .lib and .dll file.
+        if ! test -s "$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH/freetype.lib"; then
+          { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Could not find $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH/freetype.lib. Ignoring location." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Could not find $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH/freetype.lib. Ignoring location." >&6;}
+          FOUND_FREETYPE=no
+        fi
+      elif test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xsolaris \
+          && test -s "$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ISADIR/$FREETYPE_LIB_NAME"; then
+        # Found lib in isa dir, use that instead.
+        POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ISADIR"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$FOUND_FREETYPE" = xyes; then
+
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+
+  # Input might be given as Windows format, start by converting to
+  # unix format.
+  path="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH"
+  new_path=`$CYGPATH -u "$path"`
+
+  # Cygwin tries to hide some aspects of the Windows file system, such that binaries are
+  # named .exe but called without that suffix. Therefore, "foo" and "foo.exe" are considered
+  # the same file, most of the time (as in "test -f"). But not when running cygpath -s, then
+  # "foo.exe" is OK but "foo" is an error.
+  #
+  # This test is therefore slightly more accurate than "test -f" to check for file precense.
+  # It is also a way to make sure we got the proper file name for the real test later on.
+  test_shortpath=`$CYGPATH -s -m "$new_path" 2> /dev/null`
+  if test "x$test_shortpath" = x; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&6;}
+    as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate the the path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+
+  # Call helper function which possibly converts this using DOS-style short mode.
+  # If so, the updated path is stored in $new_path.
+
+  input_path="$new_path"
+  # Check if we need to convert this using DOS-style short mode. If the path
+  # contains just simple characters, use it. Otherwise (spaces, weird characters),
+  # take no chances and rewrite it.
+  # Note: m4 eats our [], so we need to use [ and ] instead.
+  has_forbidden_chars=`$ECHO "$input_path" | $GREP [^-._/a-zA-Z0-9]`
+  if test "x$has_forbidden_chars" != x; then
+    # Now convert it to mixed DOS-style, short mode (no spaces, and / instead of \)
+    shortmode_path=`$CYGPATH -s -m -a "$input_path"`
+    path_after_shortmode=`$CYGPATH -u "$shortmode_path"`
+    if test "x$path_after_shortmode" != "x$input_to_shortpath"; then
+      # Going to short mode and back again did indeed matter. Since short mode is
+      # case insensitive, let's make it lowercase to improve readability.
+      shortmode_path=`$ECHO "$shortmode_path" | $TR 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'`
+      # Now convert it back to Unix-stile (cygpath)
+      input_path=`$CYGPATH -u "$shortmode_path"`
+      new_path="$input_path"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  test_cygdrive_prefix=`$ECHO $input_path | $GREP ^/cygdrive/`
+  if test "x$test_cygdrive_prefix" = x; then
+    # As a simple fix, exclude /usr/bin since it's not a real path.
+    if test "x`$ECHO $new_path | $GREP ^/usr/bin/`" = x; then
+      # The path is in a Cygwin special directory (e.g. /home). We need this converted to
+      # a path prefixed by /cygdrive for fixpath to work.
+      new_path="$CYGWIN_ROOT_PATH$input_path"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+
+  if test "x$path" != "x$new_path"; then
+    POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$new_path"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&6;}
+  fi
+
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+
+  path="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH"
+  has_colon=`$ECHO $path | $GREP ^.:`
+  new_path="$path"
+  if test "x$has_colon" = x; then
+    # Not in mixed or Windows style, start by that.
+    new_path=`cmd //c echo $path`
+  fi
+
+
+  input_path="$new_path"
+  # Check if we need to convert this using DOS-style short mode. If the path
+  # contains just simple characters, use it. Otherwise (spaces, weird characters),
+  # take no chances and rewrite it.
+  # Note: m4 eats our [], so we need to use [ and ] instead.
+  has_forbidden_chars=`$ECHO "$input_path" | $GREP [^-_/:a-zA-Z0-9]`
+  if test "x$has_forbidden_chars" != x; then
+    # Now convert it to mixed DOS-style, short mode (no spaces, and / instead of \)
+    new_path=`cmd /c "for %A in (\"$input_path\") do @echo %~sA"|$TR \\\\\\\\ / | $TR 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'`
+  fi
+
+
+  windows_path="$new_path"
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+    unix_path=`$CYGPATH -u "$windows_path"`
+    new_path="$unix_path"
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+    unix_path=`$ECHO "$windows_path" | $SED -e 's,^\\(.\\):,/\\1,g' -e 's,\\\\,/,g'`
+    new_path="$unix_path"
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$path" != "x$new_path"; then
+    POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$new_path"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&6;}
+  fi
+
+  # Save the first 10 bytes of this path to the storage, so fixpath can work.
+  all_fixpath_prefixes=("${all_fixpath_prefixes[@]}" "${new_path:0:10}")
+
+  else
+    # We're on a posix platform. Hooray! :)
+    path="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH"
+    has_space=`$ECHO "$path" | $GREP " "`
+    if test "x$has_space" != x; then
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&6;}
+      as_fn_error $? "Spaces are not allowed in this path." "$LINENO" 5
+    fi
+
+    # Use eval to expand a potential ~
+    eval path="$path"
+    if test ! -f "$path" && test ! -d "$path"; then
+      as_fn_error $? "The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is not found." "$LINENO" 5
+    fi
+
+    POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="`cd "$path"; $THEPWDCMD -L`"
+  fi
+
+
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+
+  # Input might be given as Windows format, start by converting to
+  # unix format.
+  path="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH"
+  new_path=`$CYGPATH -u "$path"`
+
+  # Cygwin tries to hide some aspects of the Windows file system, such that binaries are
+  # named .exe but called without that suffix. Therefore, "foo" and "foo.exe" are considered
+  # the same file, most of the time (as in "test -f"). But not when running cygpath -s, then
+  # "foo.exe" is OK but "foo" is an error.
+  #
+  # This test is therefore slightly more accurate than "test -f" to check for file precense.
+  # It is also a way to make sure we got the proper file name for the real test later on.
+  test_shortpath=`$CYGPATH -s -m "$new_path" 2> /dev/null`
+  if test "x$test_shortpath" = x; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&6;}
+    as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate the the path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+
+  # Call helper function which possibly converts this using DOS-style short mode.
+  # If so, the updated path is stored in $new_path.
+
+  input_path="$new_path"
+  # Check if we need to convert this using DOS-style short mode. If the path
+  # contains just simple characters, use it. Otherwise (spaces, weird characters),
+  # take no chances and rewrite it.
+  # Note: m4 eats our [], so we need to use [ and ] instead.
+  has_forbidden_chars=`$ECHO "$input_path" | $GREP [^-._/a-zA-Z0-9]`
+  if test "x$has_forbidden_chars" != x; then
+    # Now convert it to mixed DOS-style, short mode (no spaces, and / instead of \)
+    shortmode_path=`$CYGPATH -s -m -a "$input_path"`
+    path_after_shortmode=`$CYGPATH -u "$shortmode_path"`
+    if test "x$path_after_shortmode" != "x$input_to_shortpath"; then
+      # Going to short mode and back again did indeed matter. Since short mode is
+      # case insensitive, let's make it lowercase to improve readability.
+      shortmode_path=`$ECHO "$shortmode_path" | $TR 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'`
+      # Now convert it back to Unix-stile (cygpath)
+      input_path=`$CYGPATH -u "$shortmode_path"`
+      new_path="$input_path"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  test_cygdrive_prefix=`$ECHO $input_path | $GREP ^/cygdrive/`
+  if test "x$test_cygdrive_prefix" = x; then
+    # As a simple fix, exclude /usr/bin since it's not a real path.
+    if test "x`$ECHO $new_path | $GREP ^/usr/bin/`" = x; then
+      # The path is in a Cygwin special directory (e.g. /home). We need this converted to
+      # a path prefixed by /cygdrive for fixpath to work.
+      new_path="$CYGWIN_ROOT_PATH$input_path"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+
+  if test "x$path" != "x$new_path"; then
+    POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$new_path"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&6;}
+  fi
+
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+
+  path="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH"
+  has_colon=`$ECHO $path | $GREP ^.:`
+  new_path="$path"
+  if test "x$has_colon" = x; then
+    # Not in mixed or Windows style, start by that.
+    new_path=`cmd //c echo $path`
+  fi
+
+
+  input_path="$new_path"
+  # Check if we need to convert this using DOS-style short mode. If the path
+  # contains just simple characters, use it. Otherwise (spaces, weird characters),
+  # take no chances and rewrite it.
+  # Note: m4 eats our [], so we need to use [ and ] instead.
+  has_forbidden_chars=`$ECHO "$input_path" | $GREP [^-_/:a-zA-Z0-9]`
+  if test "x$has_forbidden_chars" != x; then
+    # Now convert it to mixed DOS-style, short mode (no spaces, and / instead of \)
+    new_path=`cmd /c "for %A in (\"$input_path\") do @echo %~sA"|$TR \\\\\\\\ / | $TR 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'`
+  fi
+
+
+  windows_path="$new_path"
+  if test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.cygwin"; then
+    unix_path=`$CYGPATH -u "$windows_path"`
+    new_path="$unix_path"
+  elif test "x$OPENJDK_BUILD_OS_ENV" = "xwindows.msys"; then
+    unix_path=`$ECHO "$windows_path" | $SED -e 's,^\\(.\\):,/\\1,g' -e 's,\\\\,/,g'`
+    new_path="$unix_path"
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$path" != "x$new_path"; then
+    POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$new_path"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: Rewriting POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH to \"$new_path\"" >&6;}
+  fi
+
+  # Save the first 10 bytes of this path to the storage, so fixpath can work.
+  all_fixpath_prefixes=("${all_fixpath_prefixes[@]}" "${new_path:0:10}")
+
+  else
+    # We're on a posix platform. Hooray! :)
+    path="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH"
+    has_space=`$ECHO "$path" | $GREP " "`
+    if test "x$has_space" != x; then
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is invalid." >&6;}
+      as_fn_error $? "Spaces are not allowed in this path." "$LINENO" 5
+    fi
+
+    # Use eval to expand a potential ~
+    eval path="$path"
+    if test ! -f "$path" && test ! -d "$path"; then
+      as_fn_error $? "The path of POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH, which resolves as \"$path\", is not found." "$LINENO" 5
+    fi
+
+    POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="`cd "$path"; $THEPWDCMD -L`"
+  fi
+
+
+    FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for freetype includes" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for freetype includes... " >&6; }
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH" >&5
+$as_echo "$FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH" >&6; }
+    FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for freetype libraries" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for freetype libraries... " >&6; }
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $FREETYPE_LIB_PATH" >&5
+$as_echo "$FREETYPE_LIB_PATH" >&6; }
+  fi
+
+          if test "x$FOUND_FREETYPE" != xyes; then
+            as_fn_error $? "Can not use the built freetype at location given by --with-freetype-src" "$LINENO" 5
+          fi
+        else
+          { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: User specified --with-freetype-src but building freetype failed. (see freetype.log for build results)" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: User specified --with-freetype-src but building freetype failed. (see freetype.log for build results)" >&6;}
+          as_fn_error $? "Consider building freetype manually and using --with-freetype instead." "$LINENO" 5
+        fi
+      else
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: --with-freetype-src is currently only supported on Windows - ignoring" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: --with-freetype-src is currently only supported on Windows - ignoring" >&2;}
+      fi
+    fi
+
     if test "x$with_freetype" != x || test "x$with_freetype_include" != x || test "x$with_freetype_lib" != x; then
       # User has specified settings
 
--- a/common/autoconf/help.m4	Tue Sep 09 15:12:50 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/help.m4	Tue Sep 09 17:42:07 2014 +0100
@@ -75,20 +75,18 @@
       HELP_MSG="You might be able to fix this by running '$PKGHANDLER_COMMAND'."
       ;;
     freetype)
-      if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS" = x32; then
-        HELP_MSG="To install freetype, run:
-wget \"http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/freetype.php\" -O /tmp/freetype-setup.exe
-chmod +x /tmp/freetype-setup.exe
-/tmp/freetype-setup.exe
-Follow GUI prompts, and install to default directory \"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\".
-After installation, locate lib/libfreetype.dll.a and make a copy with the name freetype.dll."
-      else
-        HELP_MSG="You need to build a 64-bit version of freetype.
-This is not readily available.
-You can find source code and build instructions on
-http://www.freetype.org/
-If you put the resulting build in \"C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\", it will be found automatically."
-      fi
+      HELP_MSG="
+The freetype library can now be build during the configure process.
+Download the freetype sources and unpack them into an arbitrary directory:
+
+wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.5.3.tar.gz
+tar -xzf freetype-2.5.3.tar.gz
+
+Then run configure with '--with-freetype-src=<freetype_src>'. This will
+automatically build the freetype library into '<freetype_src>/lib64' for 64-bit
+builds or into '<freetype_src>/lib32' for 32-bit builds.
+Afterwards you can always use '--with-freetype-include=<freetype_src>/include'
+and '--with-freetype-lib=<freetype_src>/lib[32|64]' for other builds."
       ;;
   esac
 }
--- a/common/autoconf/libraries.m4	Tue Sep 09 15:12:50 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/libraries.m4	Tue Sep 09 17:42:07 2014 +0100
@@ -247,12 +247,95 @@
 
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN([LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE],
+[
+  FREETYPE_SRC_PATH="$1"
+  BUILD_FREETYPE=yes
+
+  # Check if the freetype sources are acessible..
+  if ! test -d $FREETYPE_SRC_PATH; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([--with-freetype-src specified, but can't find path "$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH" - ignoring --with-freetype-src])
+    BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+  fi
+  # ..and contain a vc2010 project file
+  vcxproj_path="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/builds/windows/vc2010/freetype.vcxproj"
+  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes && ! test -s $vcxproj_path; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([Can't find project file $vcxproj_path (you may try a newer freetype version) - ignoring --with-freetype-src])
+    BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+  fi
+  # Now check if configure found a version of 'msbuild.exe'
+  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes && test "x$MSBUILD" == x ; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([Can't find an msbuild.exe executable (you may try to install .NET 4.0) - ignoring --with-freetype-src])
+    BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+  fi
+
+  # Ready to go..
+  if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes; then
+
+    # msbuild requires trailing slashes for output directories
+    freetype_lib_path="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/lib$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS/"
+    freetype_lib_path_unix="$freetype_lib_path"
+    freetype_obj_path="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/obj$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS/"
+    BASIC_WINDOWS_REWRITE_AS_WINDOWS_MIXED_PATH(vcxproj_path)
+    BASIC_WINDOWS_REWRITE_AS_WINDOWS_MIXED_PATH(freetype_lib_path)
+    BASIC_WINDOWS_REWRITE_AS_WINDOWS_MIXED_PATH(freetype_obj_path)
+    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS" = x64; then
+      freetype_platform=x64
+    else
+      freetype_platform=win32
+    fi
+
+    # The original freetype project file is for VS 2010 (i.e. 'v100'),
+    # so we have to adapt the toolset if building with any other toolsed (i.e. SDK).
+    # Currently 'PLATFORM_TOOLSET' is set in 'TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_POSSIBLE_VISUAL_STUDIO_ROOT'/
+    # 'TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_POSSIBLE_WIN_SDK_ROOT' in toolchain_windows.m4
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Trying to compile freetype sources with PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET to $freetype_lib_path_unix ...])
+
+    # First we try to build the freetype.dll
+    $ECHO -e "@echo off\n"\
+	     "$MSBUILD $vcxproj_path "\
+		       "/p:PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET "\
+		       "/p:Configuration=\"Release Multithreaded\" "\
+		       "/p:Platform=$freetype_platform "\
+		       "/p:ConfigurationType=DynamicLibrary "\
+		       "/p:TargetName=freetype "\
+		       "/p:OutDir=\"$freetype_lib_path\" "\
+		       "/p:IntDir=\"$freetype_obj_path\" > freetype.log" > freetype.bat
+    cmd /c freetype.bat
+
+    if test -s "$freetype_lib_path_unix/freetype.dll"; then
+      # If that succeeds we also build freetype.lib
+      $ECHO -e "@echo off\n"\
+	       "$MSBUILD $vcxproj_path "\
+			 "/p:PlatformToolset=$PLATFORM_TOOLSET "\
+			 "/p:Configuration=\"Release Multithreaded\" "\
+			 "/p:Platform=$freetype_platform "\
+			 "/p:ConfigurationType=StaticLibrary "\
+			 "/p:TargetName=freetype "\
+			 "/p:OutDir=\"$freetype_lib_path\" "\
+			 "/p:IntDir=\"$freetype_obj_path\" >> freetype.log" > freetype.bat
+      cmd /c freetype.bat
+
+      if test -s "$freetype_lib_path_unix/freetype.lib"; then
+	# Once we build both, lib and dll, set freetype lib and include path appropriately
+	POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$FREETYPE_SRC_PATH/include"
+	POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$freetype_lib_path_unix"
+	AC_MSG_NOTICE([Compiling freetype sources succeeded! (see freetype.log for build results)])
+      else
+	BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+      fi
+    else
+      BUILD_FREETYPE=no
+    fi
+  fi
+])
+
 AC_DEFUN([LIB_CHECK_POTENTIAL_FREETYPE],
 [
   POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$1"
   POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$2"
   METHOD="$3"
-  
+
   # First check if the files exists.
   if test -s "$POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH/ft2build.h"; then
     # We found an arbitrary include file. That's a good sign.
@@ -305,6 +388,8 @@
       [specify directory for the freetype include files])])
   AC_ARG_WITH(freetype-lib, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-freetype-lib],
       [specify directory for the freetype library])])
+  AC_ARG_WITH(freetype-src, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-freetype-src],
+      [specify directory with freetype sources to automatically build the library (experimental, Windows-only)])])
   AC_ARG_ENABLE(freetype-bundling, [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-freetype-bundling],
       [disable bundling of the freetype library with the build result @<:@enabled on Windows or when using --with-freetype, disabled otherwise@:>@])])
 
@@ -313,7 +398,7 @@
   FREETYPE_BUNDLE_LIB_PATH=
 
   if test "x$FREETYPE_NOT_NEEDED" = xyes; then
-    if test "x$with_freetype" != x || test "x$with_freetype_include" != x || test "x$with_freetype_lib" != x; then
+    if test "x$with_freetype" != x || test "x$with_freetype_include" != x || test "x$with_freetype_lib" != x || test "x$with_freetype_src" != x; then
       AC_MSG_WARN([freetype not used, so --with-freetype is ignored])
     fi
     if test "x$enable_freetype_bundling" != x; then
@@ -324,6 +409,25 @@
 
     BUNDLE_FREETYPE="$enable_freetype_bundling"
 
+    if  test "x$with_freetype_src" != x; then
+      if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xwindows; then
+        # Try to build freetype if --with-freetype-src was given on Windows
+        LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE([$with_freetype_src])
+        if test "x$BUILD_FREETYPE" = xyes; then
+          # Okay, we built it. Check that it works.
+          LIB_CHECK_POTENTIAL_FREETYPE($POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH, $POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH, [--with-freetype-src])
+          if test "x$FOUND_FREETYPE" != xyes; then
+            AC_MSG_ERROR([Can not use the built freetype at location given by --with-freetype-src])
+          fi
+        else
+          AC_MSG_NOTICE([User specified --with-freetype-src but building freetype failed. (see freetype.log for build results)])
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([Consider building freetype manually and using --with-freetype instead.])
+        fi
+      else
+        AC_MSG_WARN([--with-freetype-src is currently only supported on Windows - ignoring])
+      fi
+    fi
+
     if test "x$with_freetype" != x || test "x$with_freetype_include" != x || test "x$with_freetype_lib" != x; then
       # User has specified settings
 
@@ -331,12 +435,12 @@
         # If not specified, default is to bundle freetype
         BUNDLE_FREETYPE=yes
       fi
-      
+
       if test "x$with_freetype" != x; then
         POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$with_freetype/include"
         POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="$with_freetype/lib"
       fi
-      
+
       # Allow --with-freetype-lib and --with-freetype-include to override
       if test "x$with_freetype_include" != x; then
         POTENTIAL_FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH="$with_freetype_include"
@@ -468,7 +572,7 @@
         FREETYPE_CFLAGS="-I$FREETYPE_INCLUDE_PATH"
       fi
     fi
-    
+
     if test "x$FREETYPE_LIBS" = x; then
       BASIC_FIXUP_PATH(FREETYPE_LIB_PATH)
       if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xwindows; then
@@ -484,7 +588,7 @@
     PREV_CXXCFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
     PREV_LIBS="$LIBS"
     PREV_CXX="$CXX"
-    CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $FREETYPE_CFLAGS" 
+    CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $FREETYPE_CFLAGS"
     LIBS="$LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS"
     CXX="$FIXPATH $CXX"
     AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
@@ -502,9 +606,9 @@
           AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
           AC_MSG_NOTICE([Could not compile and link with freetype. This might be a 32/64-bit mismatch.])
           AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using FREETYPE_CFLAGS=$FREETYPE_CFLAGS and FREETYPE_LIBS=$FREETYPE_LIBS])
-          
+
           HELP_MSG_MISSING_DEPENDENCY([freetype])
-          
+
           AC_MSG_ERROR([Can not continue without freetype. $HELP_MSG])
         ]
     )
--- a/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Tue Sep 09 15:12:50 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Tue Sep 09 17:42:07 2014 +0100
@@ -557,6 +557,14 @@
     BASIC_FIXUP_EXECUTABLE(RC)
     AC_CHECK_PROG([DUMPBIN], [dumpbin], [dumpbin],,,)
     BASIC_FIXUP_EXECUTABLE(DUMPBIN)
+    # We need to check for 'msbuild.exe' because at the place where we expect to
+    # find 'msbuild.exe' there's also a directory called 'msbuild' and configure
+    # won't find the 'msbuild.exe' executable in that case (and the
+    # 'ac_executable_extensions' is unusable due to performance reasons).
+    # Notice that we intentionally don't fix up the path to MSBUILD because we
+    # will call it in a DOS shell during freetype detection on Windows (see
+    # 'LIB_SETUP_FREETYPE' in "libraries.m4"
+    AC_CHECK_PROG([MSBUILD], [msbuild.exe], [msbuild.exe],,,)
   fi
 
   if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xsolaris; then
--- a/common/autoconf/toolchain_windows.m4	Tue Sep 09 15:12:50 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/toolchain_windows.m4	Tue Sep 09 17:42:07 2014 +0100
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
       if test -f "$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"; then
         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD])
         VS_ENV_CMD="$VS100BASE/$VCVARSFILE"
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be one of 'v100', 'v110' or 'v120' for VS 2010, 2012 or VS2013
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of VS
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="v100"
       else
         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Found Visual Studio installation at $VS100BASE using $METHOD])
         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Warning: $VCVARSFILE is missing, this is probably Visual Studio Express. Ignoring])
@@ -61,6 +65,10 @@
         else
           VS_ENV_ARGS="/x64"
         fi
+        # PLATFORM_TOOLSET is used during the compilation of the freetype sources (see
+        # 'LIB_BUILD_FREETYPE' in libraries.m4) and must be 'Windows7.1SDK' for Windows7.1SDK
+        # TODO: improve detection for other versions of SDK
+        PLATFORM_TOOLSET="Windows7.1SDK"
       else
         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Found Windows SDK installation at $WIN_SDK_BASE using $METHOD])
         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Warning: Installation is broken, SetEnv.Cmd is missing. Ignoring])