Build failure with gnu make 4.0 on Arch Linux

Erik Joelsson erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Mon Nov 4 09:38:21 UTC 2013


This seems to be make 4.0 specific. I saw the same error when trying a 
home built make 4.0 on Solaris the other day (for a completely different 
reason so I didn't pursue the problem).

We will investigate.

/Erik

On 2013-11-02 08:30, Henry Jen wrote:
> What I don't understand(misleading me) is that my previous Ubuntu 
> setup has same directory structure, but not seeing this problem.
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
>
> On 11/02/2013 12:27 AM, Henry Jen wrote:
>> Yes, I just verified that's the result of sed. Following patch fix it.
>> I don't quite understand why we need that line.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Henry
>>
>> diff -r ea1b8c643fc8 make/linux/makefiles/adjust-mflags.sh
>> --- a/make/linux/makefiles/adjust-mflags.sh    Wed Oct 30 13:43:16 2013
>> -0700
>> +++ b/make/linux/makefiles/adjust-mflags.sh    Sat Nov 02 00:26:42 2013
>> -0700
>> @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
>>       echo "$MFLAGS" \
>>       | sed '
>>           s/^-/ -/
>> -        s/ -\([^     ][^     ]*\)j/ -\1 -j/
>>           s/ -j[0-9][0-9]*/ -j/
>>           s/ -j\([^     ]\)/ -j -\1/
>>           s/ -j/ -j'${HOTSPOT_BUILD_JOBS:-${default_build_jobs}}'/
>>
>>
>> On 11/02/2013 12:24 AM, David Holmes wrote:
>>> Hi Henry,
>>>
>>> Looks to me like the script that tries to hack the -j option has
>>> messed up:
>>>
>>> -I /home/hjen/ws/tl/common/makefiles -f adlc.make -r  -rRs -I/home/h 
>>> -j3
>>> -en/ws/tl/common/makefiles
>>>
>>> Note the -j3 which seems to have been inserted into the middle of
>>> /hjen/ws ...
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On 2/11/2013 1:36 PM, Henry Jen wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to setup build environment on a new installation, and
>>>> encounter following build error.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect this is because of missing some required tools and software,
>>>> however, the error message is not helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Tried to echo the make commang used, but as you can see the output 
>>>> seems
>>>> to be scrambled. Is there a way to find out what exact command causing
>>>> problem? I tried to configure --with-jobs=1, that doesn't help.
>>>>
>>>> The Gnu make version is 4.0, let me know what else information I can
>>>> collect to help diagnosis the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Henry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> INFO: ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES=1
>>>>> /usr/bin/make -s VERBOSE=-s LOG_LEVEL=warn -R -I
>>>>> /home/hjen/ws/tl/common/makefiles -f adlc.make -r  -rRs -I/home/h -j3
>>>>> -en/ws/tl/common/makefiles -I/home/hjen/ws/tl/common/makefiles
>>>>> -I/home/hjen/ws/tl/common/makefiles
>>>>> -I/home/hjen/ws/tl/common/makefiles 
>>>>> -I/home/hjen/ws/tl/common/makefiles
>>>>> /usr/bin/make: invalid option -- '/'
>>>>> /usr/bin/make: invalid option -- '/'
>>>>> Usage: make [options] [target] ...
>>>>> Options:
>>>>>   -b, -m                      Ignored for compatibility.
>>>>>   -B, --always-make           Unconditionally make all targets.
>>>>>   -C DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
>>>>>                               Change to DIRECTORY before doing
>>>>> anything.
>>>>>   -d                          Print lots of debugging information.
>>>>>   --debug[=FLAGS]             Print various types of debugging
>>>>> information.
>>>>>   -e, --environment-overrides
>>>>>                               Environment variables override 
>>>>> makefiles.
>>>>>   --eval=STRING               Evaluate STRING as a makefile 
>>>>> statement.
>>>>>   -f FILE, --file=FILE, --makefile=FILE
>>>>>                               Read FILE as a makefile.
>>>>>   -h, --help                  Print this message and exit.
>>>>>   -i, --ignore-errors         Ignore errors from recipes.
>>>>>   -I DIRECTORY, --include-dir=DIRECTORY
>>>>>                               Search DIRECTORY for included 
>>>>> makefiles.
>>>>>   -j [N], --jobs[=N]          Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs 
>>>>> with
>>>>> no arg.
>>>>>   -k, --keep-going            Keep going when some targets can't be
>>>>> made.
>>>>>   -l [N], --load-average[=N], --max-load[=N]
>>>>>                               Don't start multiple jobs unless 
>>>>> load is
>>>>> below N.
>>>>>   -L, --check-symlink-times   Use the latest mtime between symlinks
>>>>> and target.
>>>>>   -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon
>>>>>                               Don't actually run any recipe; just
>>>>> print them.
>>>>>   -o FILE, --old-file=FILE, --assume-old=FILE
>>>>>                               Consider FILE to be very old and don't
>>>>> remake it.
>>>>>   -O[TYPE], --output-sync[=TYPE]
>>>>>                               Synchronize output of parallel jobs by
>>>>> TYPE.
>>>>>   -p, --print-data-base       Print make's internal database.
>>>>>   -q, --question              Run no recipe; exit status says if 
>>>>> up to
>>>>> date.
>>>>>   -r, --no-builtin-rules      Disable the built-in implicit rules.
>>>>>   -R, --no-builtin-variables  Disable the built-in variable settings.
>>>>>   -s, --silent, --quiet       Don't echo recipes.
>>>>>   -S, --no-keep-going, --stop
>>>>>                               Turns off -k.
>>>>>   -t, --touch                 Touch targets instead of remaking them.
>>>>>   --trace                     Print tracing information.
>>>>>   -v, --version               Print the version number of make and
>>>>> exit.
>>>>>   -w, --print-directory       Print the current directory.
>>>>>   --no-print-directory        Turn off -w, even if it was turned on
>>>>> implicitly.
>>>>>   -W FILE, --what-if=FILE, --new-file=FILE, --assume-new=FILE
>>>>>                               Consider FILE to be infinitely new.
>>>>>   --warn-undefined-variables  Warn when an undefined variable is
>>>>> referenced.
>>>>>
>>>>> This program built for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>>>> Report bugs to <bug-make at gnu.org>
>>>>> make[5]: *** [ad_stuff] Error 2
>>>>> /home/hjen/ws/tl/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/top.make:91: recipe for
>>>>> target 'ad_stuff' failed
>>>>> make[4]: *** [product] Error 2
>>>>> /home/hjen/ws/tl/hotspot/make/linux/Makefile:289: recipe for target
>>>>> 'product' failed
>>>>> make[3]: *** [generic_build2] Error 2
>>>>> Makefile:216: recipe for target 'generic_build2' failed
>>>>> make[2]: *** [product] Error 2
>>>>> Makefile:167: recipe for target 'product' failed
>>>>> make[1]: ***
>>>>> [/home/hjen/ws/tl/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/_hotspot.timestamp] 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Error 2
>>>>> HotspotWrapper.gmk:44: recipe for target
>>>>> '/home/hjen/ws/tl/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/_hotspot.timestamp' 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> failed
>>>>> /export/home/hjen/ws/tl//common/makefiles/Main.gmk:108: recipe for
>>>>> target 'hotspot-only' failed
>>>>> make: *** [hotspot-only] Error 2




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