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+README:
+  This file should be located at the top of the corba Mercurial repository.
+
+  See http://openjdk.java.net/ for more information about the OpenJDK.
+
+  See ../README-builds.html for complete details on build machine requirements.
+
+Simple Build Instructions:
+
+    cd make && gnumake
+     
+  The files that will be imported into the jdk build will be in the "dist"
+  directory.
+