Build failure with gnu make 4.0 on Arch Linux

Henry Jen henry.jen at oracle.com
Tue Nov 5 06:18:25 UTC 2013


Yes, GNU make 4.0 change the format of MFLAGS so that there is no longer 
space between -I and folder.

Cheers,
Henry


On 11/04/2013 01:38 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> 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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