1) The original symlink problem uncovered by Alan Smith

/usr/local/java/jdk1.3.1/linux-i386/linux-i386/lib/i386
hotspot -> client

   client doesn't exist in the directory. From looking at the
   Release.gmk file, the symlink doesn't need to be there.

From Release.gmk:
# ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
# $(CAT) $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/lib/jvm.cfg | $(GREP) -v classic >
$(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)/lib/jvm.cfg
# $(CHMOD) 444 $(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)/lib/jvm.cfg
# ($(CD) $(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)/lib/i386; $(LN) -s client hotspot)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don't see a need for this.
It wasn't in 1.3.0 linux.

# $(MKDIR) -p $(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)/man/man1
# $(CP) $(TOPDIR)/src/linux/doc/man/java.1 # $(TOPDIR)/src/linux/doc/man/keytool.1 # $(TOPDIR)/src/linux/doc/man/rmid.1 # $(TOPDIR)/src/linux/doc/man/rmiregistry.1 # $(TOPDIR)/src/linux/doc/man/tnameserv.1
$(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)/man/man1
# if [ -x $(TOPDIR)/ext/plugin/build/solaris/package.i18n ] ; then $(CP)
$(TOPDIR)/ext/plugin/build/solaris/package.i18n $(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)/package ;
fi
# endif
# $(ECHO) ">>>Finished making "$@" @ `$(DATE)` ...";

   
2) Dale uncovered a problem in

[solsparc,solx86,linux]/jre/[sparc,i386]/hotspot

   where hotspot should just be a symlink to client, not a
   copy of that directory. Dale mentioned he had a fix for this:
   
    [dalem] fix the Release.gmk script to leave links as links
  
   The second issue, with hotspot being a directory rather than a symlink,
   probably came about via a "cp" command.