diff -Nru openjdk.orig/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make openjdk/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
--- openjdk.orig/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make	2008-11-06 08:40:50.000000000 +0000
+++ openjdk/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make	2008-11-19 12:15:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
   ${JRE_VERSION}     \
   ${VM_DISTRO}
 
+ifdef DISTRIBUTION_ID
+CPPFLAGS += -DDISTRIBUTION_ID="\"$(DISTRIBUTION_ID)\""
+endif
+
 # CFLAGS_WARN holds compiler options to suppress/enable warnings.
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_WARN/BYFILE)
 
diff -Nru openjdk.orig/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp openjdk/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
--- openjdk.orig/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp	2008-11-06 08:40:58.000000000 +0000
+++ openjdk/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp	2008-11-19 12:15:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@
 
 static void print_bug_submit_message(outputStream *out, Thread *thread) {
   if (out == NULL) return;
-  out->print_raw_cr("# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:");
+  out->print_raw_cr("# If you would like to submit a bug report, please include");
+  out->print_raw_cr("# instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit:");
   out->print_raw   ("#   ");
   out->print_raw_cr(Arguments::java_vendor_url_bug());
   // If the crash is in native code, encourage user to submit a bug to the
@@ -339,6 +340,9 @@
                    Abstract_VM_Version::vm_platform_string(),
                    UseCompressedOops ? "compressed oops" : ""
                  );
+#ifdef DISTRIBUTION_ID
+     st->print_cr("# Distribution: %s", DISTRIBUTION_ID);
+#endif
 
   STEP(60, "(printing problematic frame)")
 
--- arguments.cpp       2008-12-15 12:25:14.000000000 -0500
+++ openjdk/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp  2008-12-15 12:25:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "incls/_precompiled.incl"
 #include "incls/_arguments.cpp.incl"

-#define DEFAULT_VENDOR_URL_BUG "http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp"
+#define DEFAULT_VENDOR_URL_BUG "http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla"
 #define DEFAULT_JAVA_LAUNCHER  "generic"

 char**  Arguments::_jvm_flags_array             = NULL;