jdk8 build failure on xubuntu 13.04 32 bit: make: the `-j' option requires a positive integral argument

[Weijun Wang]

By setting --with-jobs=1, even with only 1GB of memory, build is 
complete. jdk-only itself takes 15 minutes though.

-Max

On 5/6/13 7:41 PM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> On 2013-05-06 13:01, Weijun Wang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 5/6/13 3:35 PM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>>> I would be interested to see the spec.gmk generated in the build output
>>> directory. Specifically the value of the JOBS variable.
>>
>> JOBS?=0
>>
>> I noticed the configure output includes
>>
>> checking for number of cores... 1
>> checking for memory size... 1002 MB
>> checking for appropriate number of jobs to run in parallel... 0
>>
>> This is a VirtualBox guest. Maybe the memory is too low for a build.
>>
> That looks like a bug in configure. Will file it.
>
> Giving it a bit more memory will help though.
>
> /Erik
>> With Sergey's suggestion:
>>
>>> Try to run it with this option:
>>> ./configure --with-jobs=1
>>
>> It becomes
>>
>> JOBS?=1
>>
>> and make is running now. Anyway, I think I should give it more memory.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Max
>>
>>>
>>> /Erik
>>>
>>> On 2013-05-05 15:34, Weijun Wang wrote:
>>>> I just installed a Xubuntu 13.04 32 bit machine. Using 7u21 b13 as
>>>> boot jdk, "bash configure" prompted me to install several packages but
>>>> running make shows:
>>>>
>>>> -----START-----
>>>> Building Java(TM) for target 'default' in configuration
>>>> 'linux-x86-normal-server-release'
>>>>
>>>> ## Starting langtools
>>>> make: the `-j' option requires a positive integral argument
>>>> ...
>>>> This program built for i686-pc-linux-gnu
>>>> Report bugs to <bug-make at gnu.org>
>>>> make: *** [langtools-only] Error 2
>>>> -----END-----
>>>>
>>>> What's wrong here?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Max