diff --git a/releng.control/localBuildExample/build.properties b/releng.control/localBuildExample/build.properties
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+
+# adjust depending on which VM's are being used on this machine
+
+
+# some standard ones for Sun
+J2SE-1.4=${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar
+J2SE-1.5=${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar
+ANT_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -XX:+UseParallelGC
+JAVADOC_ARGS=-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx1024m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -J-XX:+UseParallelGC
+
+# some standard ones for IBM's JRE
+#J2SE-1.4=${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
+#J2SE-1.5=${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/vm.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
+#ANT_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx1024m"
+#JAVADOC_ARGS="-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx1024m"
+
+# Other Execution Environment classpaths should be added, if/when we need them
diff --git a/releng.control/localBuildExample/runbuild.properties b/releng.control/localBuildExample/runbuild.properties
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+
+# adjust depending on which VM's are being used on this machine
+
+
+# some standard ones for Sun
+J2SE-1.4="${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar"
+J2SE-1.5="${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar"
+ANT_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -XX:+UseParallelGC
+JAVADOC_ARGS=-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx1024m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -J-XX:+UseParallelGC
+
+# some standard ones for IBM's JRE
+#J2SE-1.4=${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
+#J2SE-1.5=${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/vm.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
+#ANT_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx1024m"
+#JAVADOC_ARGS="-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx1024m"
+
+# Other Execution Environment classpaths should be added, if/when we need them