State of the build on Windows?

Tue Jul 17 00:09:35 UTC 2007

Ted Neward wrote:
> Having installed the patched make, and having installed all of Cygwin, I
> then run "j2se/make/jdk_generic_profile.sh" and "cd control/make && make
> sanity" from a fresh bash prompt, and I get:
> 
> sanity-rules.gmk:64: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.
> 
> ? Is this another bad-environment problem?

Ted,

I believe this is the problem referred to below.

> You should not need to build GNU make, however there is an issue with 3.80
> on Windows where it doesn't work, due to it not accepting C:/ style paths.
> See
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kellyohair/archive/2007/01/jdk_builds_on_w.ht
> ml
> Download a patched cygwin make binary from
> http://www.cmake.org/files/cygwin/make.exe

Cygwin made a major controversial change to their make binary
that causes make to no longer work with the JDK builds,
or with any makefiles that use C:/FOO style paths.

Martin

> 
> Ted Neward
> Java, .NET, XML Services
> Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing
> http://www.tedneward.com
>  
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kelly.Ohair at Sun.COM [mailto:Kelly.Ohair at Sun.COM]
>>Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:11 AM
>>To: Ted Neward
>>Cc: build-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>Subject: Re: State of the build on Windows?
>>
>>See the Build README:
>>
>>
>>https://openjdk.dev.java.net/source/browse/*checkout*/openjdk/jdk/trunk/RE
>>ADME-builds.html
>>
>>A few comments below.
>>
>>Ted Neward wrote:
>>>You're right--I didn't give you much to go on. Here's where I'm at right
>>>now.
>>>
>>>I pulled down the latest SVN sources, fresh checkout from the trunk.
>>>
>>>I have MSVS 2003 installed on the box, no problems there.
>>>
>>>I can build the Hotspot JVM itself using the hotspot build files, no
>>>problems there with any of the debug/fastdebug/product
>>>tiered/core/compiler1/compiler2 combinations. Everybody happy.
>>>
>>>Trying to build the larger build (OpenJDK as a whole) yields problems.
>>>
>>>I had Cygwin on my system, with (I think) all the tools I needed from
>>there
>>>as part of the install. (Is there a definitive list? I've seen some
>>>what-seem-to-be-conflicting lists.)
>>See the BUILD README. For sure you need the cygwin 'make', awk, ksh, and
>>more, the list should be in the openjdk build readme.
>>I myself just download all of cygwin, which takes a long time but
>>then I never have to worry about not having something
>>
>>>I pulled down GNU Make 3.80, built it using MSVC 2003, and both its
>>>"batched" and "cygwin" modes gave me problems, the first with
>>CreateProcess
>>>failures, the second with shell execution failures. I think this is a
>>red
>>>herring, which is why I'm not giving you the lists of error reports.
>>>
>>You should not need to build GNU make, however there is an issue with 3.80
>>on Windows where it doesn't work, due to it not accepting C:/ style paths.
>>See
>>http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kellyohair/archive/2007/01/jdk_builds_on_w.ht
>>ml
>>Download a patched cygwin make binary from
>>http://www.cmake.org/files/cygwin/make.exe
>>
>>And this is important: Start your 'make' from a cygwin shell window, NOT a
>>Windows command window.
>>
>>
>>>Interestingly, I don't even get to the t2k.lib problem, because when I
>>>pulled down the binary plugs for Windows, I got what appears to be a
>>>complete JDK 7 build, and *not* the necessary pieces to build it.
>>>
>>That is how the binary plugs are delivered right now, a jdk7 image.
>>We are working on sparse binary plugs.
>>
>>>By the way, as a workaround, I *think* one can use the import library
>>tool
>>>that ships with MSVS2003 to build the t2k.lib (if it's just an import
>>>library for t2k.dll) to get around this problem--this is what I was
>>trying
>>>to verify when I ran into the larger issues.
>>If you can create a .lib file from a .dll, that should work, I didn't
>>spend
>>much time looking into this idea, wasn't sure how reliable it was.
>>
>>>I'm hoping that Dan (or anyone else who has successfully built the
>>Windows
>>>build) can help walk me through some of the setup and build issues...? I
>>>realize it's a lot to ask, but I'm hoping to take the experiences here
>>and
>>>document them all in a white paper for popular consumption.
>>>
>>Look at the BUILD Readme first. Then get 'make sanity' to pass.
>>Unfortunately without a t2k.lib, you won't get past the sanity check.
>>
>>>So I guess my questions, in order, are:
>>>(*) Do we have a complete list of tools necessary to build on Windows?
>>So I
>>>can verify I have all the tools necessary?
>>>(*) Can somebody send me a GNU Make for Windows that works for them, so
>>I
>>>can make sure it's not my weirdo-built version that's breaking?
>>>(*) Can somebody please verify that the version of the binary plugs for
>>>Window on the Sun site is correct and suitable for building? If it is,
>>can
>>>you send me the URL to pull it down (because I obviously grabbed the
>>wrong
>>>one)? If it's not, send me one that is?
>>>(*) If I need to customize my build environment, is
>>>j2se/make/jdk_generic_profile.sh the file to modify, or should I create
>>a
>>>customized one (based on jdk_generic_profile.sh) and use that? What's
>>going
>>>to work best with future changes to the build infrastructure?
>>>
>>>I've read the README several times, but I find myself still stuck. :-/
>>I'm wondering if you have read the right README. What README are you
>>refering too?
>>
>>-kto
>>
>>>Ted Neward
>>>Java, .NET, XML Services
>>>Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing
>>>http://www.tedneward.com
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Kelly.Ohair at Sun.COM [mailto:Kelly.Ohair at Sun.COM]
>>>>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 5:14 PM
>>>>To: Ted Neward
>>>>Cc: build-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>>Subject: Re: State of the build on Windows?
>>>>
>>>>Ted,
>>>>
>>>>You haven't given me anything to go on here, but I assume the t2k.lib
>>>>problem is still going to block you on Windows.
>>>>
>>>>There are two efforts going on right now with regards to t2k.lib.
>>>>The awt team is trying to get rid of our dependence on t2k in the
>>OpenJDK,
>>>>effectively one less plug.
>>>>
>>>>And I and a few others have also been trying to re-configure the binary
>>>>plug
>>>>download bundles to be smaller, sparse, legally self defining, include
>>the
>>>>t2k.lib,
>>>>and be automatically built by the Makefiles on every formal promotion
>>>>build.
>>>>
>>>>Since this changes the legal documents, it's taken longer than I had
>>>>thought it would. I am not a lawyer, so I won't speak to the specific
>>>>legal issues here. We tried for B14 then B15, couldn't get all the
>>>>issues resolved in time, and also do all the test builds as we have to
>>>>repeatedly merge and re-merge these changes.
>>>>We didn't want to break the jdk7 product or the OpenJDK with these
>>>>changes.
>>>>Hopefully everything will be in place for B16 for the new binary plugs,
>>>>which will help all platforms, but will include t2k.lib.
>>>>But I can't promise B16, we are trying very hard to get it into B16.
>>>>
>>>>But t2k.lib doesn't have long to live, the awt team is progressing very
>>>>well on removing our dependence on it. Which is the best solution of
>>>>course.
>>>>
>>>>I apologize for how long this is taking, but we are trying to get it
>>>>right,
>>>>or as right as possible. Once these binary plug changes are in place,
>>>>I'll send an email to the discuss and build alias with details, but
>>>>more importantly, we will be able to add/subtract (hopefully only
>>>>subtract)
>>>>from the binary plugs as we go, without detailed legal review, or at
>>>>least that's the goal.
>>>>
>>>>-kto
>>>>
>>>>Ted Neward wrote:
>>>>>I get some conflicting input regarding the state of the build on a
>>>>>Windows box. Kelly’s blog of May 2007 implies that it’s broken; is
>>that
>>>>>still the case?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Beyond that, I have Cygwin and VS2003 installed on my box, and I
>>pulled
>>>>>down and built GNU make 3.80. Things still seem to be kinda broken at
>>a
>>>>>fundamental level, though—is there anything else I need to do (env
>>vars,
>>>>>etc) that would need to be set? For example, the makefiles seem to
>>want
>>>>>to use a default temp directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Ted\Local
>>>>>Settings\... which obviously has spaces in it; is this supposed to be
>>>>>corrected somewhere? Where’s the best place to override these
>>settings?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Ted Neward
>>>>>
>>>>>Java, .NET, XML Services
>>>>>
>>>>>Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.tedneward.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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