Modular Run-Time Images build fails with JDK8u25 as bootstrap JDK

[Stuart Marks]

[Adding build-dev to let them know others are seeing this. I'm not on jigsaw-dev 
though so this might not make it there.]

Hi Peter,

I ran into this myself the other day and had a wrestling match with it. There's 
a bug in the build system on this:

     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8066761

My understanding is that this has to do with timestamps on the checked-out 
source files vs. the class files in the boot JDK. With 8u20 as boot, all the 
class files are out of date w.r.t. the source files so everything is rebuilt. 
With 8u25, some class files might be newer than the source files, if you've been 
using the same source tree for a long time (as many of us have).

The workaround is to touch all the source files in the jdk repo before doing a 
clean build:

     $ cd jdk; hg manifest | xargs touch

or do

     $ cd jdk; hg update null; hg update tip

to re-checkout all the files.

The root cause seems to be inadvertent dependency checks against classes in the 
boot JDK, which cause the build to mix in old class files from the boot JDK. 
Obviously if you do a fresh build, everything ought to be out of date, 
regardless of which boot JDK is in use.

s'marks

On 12/6/14 11:20 AM, Peter Levart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought I might inform you that recent checkout of JDK9 (with modular RT 
> images) fails to build with JDK8u25 as bootstrap JDK. With JDK8u20 it works 
> correctly. Tried on Linux and Windows. The configuration on Linux is:
>
> Configuration summary:
> * Debug level:    release
> * HS debug level: product
> * JDK variant:    normal
> * JVM variants:   server
> * OpenJDK target: OS: linux, CPU architecture: x86, address length: 64
>
> Tools summary:
> * Boot JDK:       java version "1.8.0_25" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 
> (build 1.8.0_25-b17) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed 
> mode)  (at /home/peter/Apps64/jdk1.8.0)
> * Toolchain:      gcc (GNU Compiler Collection)
> * C Compiler:     Version 4.8.3 (at /usr/bin/gcc)
> * C++ Compiler:   Version 4.8.3 (at /usr/bin/g++)
>
> Build performance summary:
> * Cores to use:   7
> * Memory limit:   15757 MB
>
>
> Here's the build session:
>
> [peter at cube jdk9-dev]$ make CONF=linux-x86_64-normal-server-release images
> Building 'linux-x86_64-normal-server-release' (matching 
> CONF=linux-x86_64-normal-server-release)
> Building OpenJDK for target 'images' in configuration 
> 'linux-x86_64-normal-server-release'
>
> Compiling 1 files for BUILD_TOOLS_LANGTOOLS
> Compiling 20 properties into resource bundles for jdk.compiler
> Compiling 10 properties into resource bundles for jdk.javadoc
> Compiling 5 properties into resource bundles for jdk.dev
> Compiling 818 files for BUILD_INTERIM_LANGTOOLS
> warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 1.6
> warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 1.6
> 1 warning
> 1 warning
> warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 1.6
> Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
> Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
> 1 warning
> Warning: generation and use of skeletons and static stubs for JRMP
> is deprecated. Skeletons are unnecessary, and static stubs have
> been superseded by dynamically generated stubs. Users are
> encouraged to migrate away from using rmic to generate skeletons and static
> stubs. See the documentation for java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject.
> Creating buildtools/interim_langtools.jar
> Compiling 198 files for BUILD_INTERIM_RMIC
> Compiling 23 files for BUILD_INTERIM_JIMAGE
> Compiling 6 files for BUILD_TOOLS_CORBA
> Compiling 141 files for BUILD_IDLJ
> /home/peter/work/hg/jdk9-dev/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java:230: 
> error: cannot find symbol
>             LambdaForm form2 = mh.editor().filterArgumentForm(1+i, 
> BasicType.basicType(newType));
>                                  ^
>   symbol:   method editor()
>   location: variable mh of type BoundMethodHandle
> /home/peter/work/hg/jdk9-dev/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java:231: 
> error: cannot find symbol
>             mh = mh.copyWithExtendL(midType, form2, fn);
>                    ^
>   symbol:   method copyWithExtendL(MethodType,LambdaForm,MethodHandle)
>   location: variable mh of type BoundMethodHandle
> /home/peter/work/hg/jdk9-dev/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java:250: 
> error: cannot find symbol
>                 LambdaForm form2 = 
> mh.editor().filterReturnForm(BasicType.basicType(newType), false);
>                                      ^
>   symbol:   method editor()
>   location: variable mh of type BoundMethodHandle
>
> ...etc...
>
>
> It seems that something changed between JDK8u20 and JDK8u25 regarding 
> bootclasspath handling of javac as the above errors suggest that JDK9 sources 
> are being compiled against JDK8 classes.
>
>
> Regards, Peter
>
>