Building openjdk 8 on Mac OS X

[Manas Thakur]

Hi Wang

You were able to compile openjdk8 on Yosemite!! Can you please look into the error faced by me (first post in the thread; posted below as well) and figure out the problem(s)?

Regards,
Manas



> Yes, I can compile the whole mess on Yosemite/Xcode 6.1. There was an issue with FreeType when building OpenJDK, but it looks like that's been resolved now.
> 
> -DrD-
> 

Compiling /Users/manas/Desktop/Software/openjdk/sources/openjdk8/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/yieldingWorkgroup.cpp
Making signal interposition lib...
couldn't understand kern.osversion `14.0.0'
warning: (x86_64) /var/folders/16/5m_yzyd961b3l31crzg2hsl40000gp/T//ccEmbC6U.o unable to open object file
warning: no debug symbols in executable (-arch x86_64)
Making SA debugger back-end...
couldn't understand kern.osversion `14.0.0'
In file included from /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Headers/CoreServices.h:55,
                from /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/NSURLError.h:12,
                from /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/Foundation.h:80,
                from /Users/manas/Desktop/Software/openjdk/sources/openjdk8/hotspot/agent/src/os/bsd/MacosxDebuggerLocal.m:26:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/FSEvents.framework/Headers/FSEvents.h:262: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘}’ before ‘__attribute__’
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/FSEvents.framework/Headers/FSEvents.h:414: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘}’ before ‘__attribute__’
In file included from /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/Foundation.h:119,
                from /Users/manas/Desktop/Software/openjdk/sources/openjdk8/hotspot/agent/src/os/bsd/MacosxDebuggerLocal.m:26:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/NSUserActivity.h:55: error: expected a property attribute before ‘weak’
Compiling /Users/manas/Desktop/Software/openjdk/sources/openjdk8/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.cpp
In file included from /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/Foundation.h:171,
                from /Users/manas/Desktop/Software/openjdk/sources/openjdk8/hotspot/agent/src/os/bsd/MacosxDebuggerLocal.m:26:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/NSUserNotification.h:16: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘}’ before ‘__attribute__’
make[8]: *** [libsaproc.dylib] Error 1
make[8]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[7]: *** [the_vm] Error 2
make[6]: *** [product] Error 2
make[5]: *** [generic_build2] Error 2
make[4]: *** [product] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all_product_universal] Error 2
make[2]: *** [universal_product] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/Users/manas/Desktop/Software/openjdk/sources/openjdk8/build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/_hotspot.timestamp] Error 2
make: *** [hotspot-only] Error 2