[8] RfR 8027567: JDK8 build failure: the correct version of GNU make is being rejected

[Vincent Ryan]

Thanks Erik. We’re seeing the issue in TL so it’d be great to get this fixed today.
Would you like to take ownership of this issue or shall I push your fix to TL?

On 30 Oct 2013, at 16:00, Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com> wrote:

> I found a solution that's also more readable. Posting inline since it's so small a change:
> 
> diff -r 4f2011496393 common/autoconf/basics.m4
> --- a/common/autoconf/basics.m4
> +++ b/common/autoconf/basics.m4
> @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
>     if test "x$IS_GNU_MAKE" = x; then
>       AC_MSG_NOTICE([Found potential make at $MAKE_CANDIDATE, however, this is not GNU Make. Ignoring.])
>     else
> -      IS_MODERN_MAKE=`$ECHO $MAKE_VERSION_STRING | $GREP '\(3\.8[[12]]\)\|\(4\.\)'`
> +      IS_MODERN_MAKE=`$ECHO $MAKE_VERSION_STRING | $GREP -e '3\.8[[12]]' -e '4\.'`
>       if test "x$IS_MODERN_MAKE" = x; then
>         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Found GNU make at $MAKE_CANDIDATE, however this is not version 3.81 or later. (it is: $MAKE_VERSION_STRING). Ignoring.])
>       else
> 
> /Erik
> 
> On 2013-10-30 16:51, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>> It seems the problem is with the grep tool used to parse the version string. /usr/xpg4/bin/grep doesn't handle '\(3\.8[12]\)\|\(4\.\)' the same as gnu grep. In jprt it finds /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep which works better. I will see if I can figure out something that works with both.
>> 
>> /Erik
>> 
>> On 2013-10-30 16:28, Vincent Ryan wrote:
>>> Thanks Chris.
>>> 
>>> So reverting to the previous version of builds.m4 will fix this issue on Solaris but will undo
>>> the fix for 8026528 on Windows. Maybe Eric can advise.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 30 Oct 2013, at 15:05, Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Vinnie,
>>>> 
>>>> I have seen this issue myself, kind of funny ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> ...
>>>> configure: Found GNU make at /java/devtools/i386/bin/make, however this is not version 3.81 or later. (it is: GNU Make 3.81). Ignoring.
>>>> configure: error: Cannot find GNU make 3.81 or newer! Please put it in the path, or add e.g. MAKE=/opt/gmake3.81/make as argument to configure.
>>>> configure exiting with result code 1
>>>> 
>>>> I originally thought that the problem was with a bad change in tl, but when reviewing your change I noticed that it is as a result of a changes that went into jdk8/build [1], and we see it in tl after a sync up with master.
>>>> 
>>>> I guess we can still resolve the problem in tl, and sync back into master, but Erik should ensure that the original issue is still fixed, "8026528: [build] configure does not recognize newer make in cygwin"
>>>> 
>>>> -Chris.
>>>> 
>>>> [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/build/rev/1a853fac18ff
>>>> 
>>>> On 30/10/2013 14:40, Vincent Ryan wrote:
>>>>> Please review this fix to correct the JDK8 build Configure script.
>>>>> It reverts a recent change to common/autoconf/basics.m4 that was causing a build failure on Solaris.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8027567
>>>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vinnie/8027567/
>>>>> 
>> 
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