First build-infra push to jdk8 -- try out the new build system!

[Fredrik Öhrström]

Have you a correct /tmp setup for cygwin?

//Fredrik

2012/4/13 Weijun Wang <weijun.wang at oracle.com>:
> Trying on Windows now. I'm using a VirtualBox VM and the repos are in a
> read-only shared folder. So I create a directory in its C: and run configure
> there. But when I run make, it shows
>
> $ make
>
>
> ########################################################################
> ########################################################################
> ##### Entering langtools for target(s) all                         #####
> ########################################################################
>
> mktemp: failed to create directory via template `tmp.XXXXXX': Read-only file
> system
> /cygdrive/m/space/repos/jdk8/jdk8/common/makefiles/Makefile:96: recipe for
> target `langtools' failed
> make: *** [langtools] Error 1
>
> Here m is the read-only shared folder. Shouldn't the build process only
> writes into the new directory inside the virtual machine?
>
> Thanks
> Max
>
>
> On 04/12/2012 05:47 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>>
>> The build-infra project [1] has been working for a while with creating a
>> new build system. The goals of the project include, but are not limited
>> to, improved build performance and improved ease of use.
>>
>> The first part of this project has now been pushed to the jdk8 master
>> forest. This means that the new build system is available for you to try
>> out! The old build system is still there, and if you want to continue to
>> use it, you will notice no difference (for now...).
>>
>> But if you are interested in trying the new build system, we welcome you
>> to experiment with it! The basic operation is:
>> cd common/makefiles
>> ../autoconf/configure
>> make
>>
>> More information is available in the new build README [2]. If you want
>> to try the new build system, please read it first.
>>
>> Please note that the new build system is not yet complete. We do not yet
>> have full platform support, nor are all parts of the old build converted
>> (but then we fall back on the old build system), and there are likely to
>> be bugs. Most of all, we need to have exposure on a wide range of
>> different build systems, since the reality is always so much messier
>> than you'd want to believe. :-) Please help us to resolve such issues
>> early by trying the new build system!
>>
>> Any questions or discussions on the new build system should be sent to
>> build-dev at openjdk.java.net.
>>
>> /Magnus
>>
>> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/build-infra/index.html
>> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/build-infra/guide.html
>>
>