make(1) file structure design/usage docs ?

[pointo1d]

Hi all ,

Could anyone tell me if there's a tie in between the 
--with-import-hotspot & --with-boot-jdk options, I ask purely because, 
although I can run a successful truly vanilla OJDK build, all attempts 
fail if I attempt to use either, or both of, the --with-import-hotspot 
&/or --with-boot-jdk options - the build consistently fails as follows...

## Starting jdk
make[2]: *** No rule to make target 
`/home/dpointo8/work/repos/Mercurial/ojdk8.datum/build/linux-x86-normal-server-release/corba/dist/lib/classes.jar', 
needed by 
`/home/dpointo8/work/repos/Mercurial/ojdk8.datum/build/linux-x86-normal-server-release/jdk/classes/_the.CORBA.classes.imported'. 
Stop.

Moreover, more in hope than expectation, could anyone tell me if there 
is any documentation on the new i.e. autoconf based, make file structure 
and the way it knits together ? If I try an IBM variant build (using our 
hotspot & boot JDK), I always get a fatal error whereby the build fails 
to find the file jdk/classes_security/_the.BUILD_SECURITY_batch.tmp - 
hence my question about the structure of the make files.

TIA ,

-- 
Dave Pointon FIAP MBCS - Contractor engaged by IBM

Now I saw, tho' too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost and before we we judge rightly of our strength to go thro' with it - Robinson Crusoe