jdk8 link failure - might be due to uninstalling VS2011 Express

[Pete Brunet]

Fixed it.  Thanks to:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10888391/error-link-fatal-error-lnk1123-failure-during-conversion-to-coff-file-inval

Rename or delete:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\cvtres.exe

Pete

On 9/2/13 1:01 PM, Tim Bell wrote:
> All-
>
>> LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file
>> invalid or corrupt
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\progra~2\micros~2.0\vc\bin\link.exe' :
>> return code '0x463'
>> Stop.
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
>> Stop.
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>> Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\nmake.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
>> Stop.
>
> This is a known problem with VS2010 that is related to some other
> piece of S/W on your system changing or updating the .NET 4.x libraries.
>
> You need to update your VS install to 2010 service pack 1.  We are
> headed in that direction for the official JDK 7 and 8 builds.
>
> Refer to this link for more information:
>
> LNK1123 error when bulding VC++ 2010 project after installing Visual
> Studio 2012 or .NET Framework 4.5
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2757355
>
> Here is the text, since this link is out of our control and can be
> hard to find later:
>
>
>> Issue description: When building a VC++ 2010 project, you get
>> \u201cLNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or
>> corrupt\u201d link error.
>>
>> This error can appear after installing Visual Studio 2012
>> side-by-side (SXS) with Visual Studio 2010 RTM or after installing
>> .Net Framework 4.5 on a machine with Visual Studio 2010.
>>
>> Cause: The issue is caused by a dependency failure of cvtres.exe on
>> msvcr100_clr0400.dll which is shipped with Visual Studio 2010 RTM and
>> eventually updated with a new version when Visual Studio 2012 RTM or
>> .NET Framework 4.5 is installed.
>>
>> Resolution: To resolve this link error, upgrade Visual Studio 2010
>> RTM to VS 2010 SP1. Upgrading to VS 2010 SP1 resolves the dependency
>> failure and the VC++ 2010 project builds with no LNK1123 error.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps-
>
> Tim
>
> On 09/ 1/13 09:29 AM, Ivan Krylov wrote:
>> Pete,
>> Are you building 32-bit or 64-bit hotspot?
>> Can you specify what micros~2.0 actually is?
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Pete Brunet <peter.brunet at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My jdk8 build fails in hotspot build.  I have VS2010 installed but it's
>>> possible this is related to having uninstalled VS2011 Express prior to
>>> seeing the failure:
>>>
>>> LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file
>>> invalid or corrupt
>>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\progra~2\micros~2.0\vc\bin\link.exe' :
>>> return code '0x463'
>>> Stop.
>>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
>>> Stop.
>>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\nmake.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
>>> Stop.
>>>
>>> If at that point I try to invoke the linker I get:
>>>
>>> $ /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio\
>>> 10.0/VC/bin/link.exe
>>> /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
>>> 10.0/VC/bin/link.exe: error while loading shared libraries:
>>> mspdb100.dll: cannot open shared object file
>>> : No such file or directory
>>>
>>> That dll is in: c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
>>> 10.0\Common7\IDE.  I don't see anything in my env vars indicating that.
>>>
>>> My env variables include:
>>> VS100COMNTOOLS which is set to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\
>>>
>>> Has anyone else encountered this and fixed it?
>>>
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>