library path for libjvm.dylib and OpenJDK

[Xiaobin Lu]

Does the jdk repository contain the changeset of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
change? If not, you might need to pull that changeset to your repository 
and recompile the jdk. I am ccing Kumar and he might be able to help.

-Xiaobin

Mahmood Ali wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> First, thank you very much for your efforts on porting the OpenJDK to Mac OS X.
>
> First, I have successfully compiled the bsd-port on my machine.
> However, I'm having some difficulty running the JVM, when I run the
> compiler, I get the following error:
>
> $ build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/bin/java -version
> Error occurred during initialization of VM
> Unable to load native library:
> dlopen(/Users/mahmood/tmp/openjdk-7/bsd-port/build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/amd64/libjava.dylib,
> 1): Library not loaded: libjvm.dylib
>   Referenced from:
> /Users/mahmood/tmp/openjdk-7/bsd-port/build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/amd64/libjava.dylib
>   Reason: image not found
>
> Setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable seem to fix the problem:
>
> $ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/amd64/server
> build/bsd-amd64/j2sdk-image/bin/java -version
> openjdk version "1.7.0-internal"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-internal-mahmood_2010_01_04_15_39-b00)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0-b05, mixed mode)
>
> Last time I compiled the OpenJDK (around mid december), I didn't need
> to initialize that variable.  I noticed that on Nov 20, there was a
> change that removed LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the jdk launcher project:
>
> changeset:   2048:de45eac5670e
> user:        ksrini
> date:        Fri Nov 20 11:01:32 2009 -0800
> files:       make/java/jli/Makefile make/java/main/java/Makefile
> make/java/redist/Makefile src/share/bin/java.c
> src/solaris/bin/java_md.c test/tools/launcher/Arrrghs.java
> test/tools/launcher/ExecutionEnvironment.java
> test/tools/launcher/SolarisDataModel.sh
> test/tools/launcher/SolarisRunpath.sh
> test/tools/launcher/TestHelper.java
> test/tools/launcher/libraryCaller.c
> test/tools/launcher/libraryCaller.h
> test/tools/launcher/libraryCaller.java
> description:
> 6367077: Purge LD_LIBRARY_PATH usage from the launcher
> 6899834: (launcher) remove the solaris libjvm.so symlink
> Summary: Fixes other related issues as well.
> Reviewed-by: darcy, ohair, xlu, martin
>
> However, I cannot detect when such change was pushed to the bsd-port.
> Can you please advice how I should go forward preferably, without
> setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable?
>
> Also a couple of points:
>
> 1. Finding the instructions was a bit tedious, if using Google.
> Googling the information returned outdated instructions that required
> JIXB.  Luckily, I came across the wiki, and saw the linkage to java
> rant instructions
> (http://www.javarants.com/2009/11/01/building-openjdk-1-7-0-for-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/).
>
> 2. Can you please elaborate on why "There may be no way to get
> pre-built binaries for installation of OpenJDK on Mac OS X."?  How
> would that be different from the binaries hosted by Soylatte?  I'm
> planning to host my binaries online if possible.
>
> Thank you very much again.
>
> Regards,
> Mahmood
>
>