OpenJDK 8 build fails on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS

[David Holmes]

Did you try removing the existing configuration and generating it 
cleanly as the warning suggested?

David

On 30/01/2015 8:03 AM, matchew wrote:
> No, configure was successful. Here is the summary:
>
> ====================================================
> A new configuration has been successfully created in
> /opt/openjdk/8/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release
> using configure arguments '--with-cacerts-file=/etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts
> --with-boot-jdk=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64'.
>
> Configuration summary:
> * Debug level:    release
> * JDK variant:    normal
> * JVM variants:   server
> * OpenJDK target: OS: linux, CPU architecture: x86, address length: 64
>
> Tools summary:
> * Boot JDK:       java version "1.7.0_65" OpenJDK Runtime Environment
> (IcedTea 2.5.3) (7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
> (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)  (at /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64)
> * C Compiler:     gcc-4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) version 4.6.3 (at
> /usr/bin/gcc-4.6)
> * C++ Compiler:   g++-4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) version 4.6.3 (at
> /usr/bin/g++-4.6)
>
> Build performance summary:
> * Cores to use:   1
> * Memory limit:   3750 MB
> * ccache status:  not installed (consider installing)
>
> WARNING: You have old-style ALT_ environment variables set.
> These are not respected, and will be ignored. It is recommended
> that you clean your environment. The following variables are set:
> ALT_BOOTDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64
> ALT_CACERTS_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts
>
> WARNING: The result of this configuration has overridden an older
> configuration. You *should* run 'make clean' to make sure you get a
> proper build. Failure to do so might result in strange build problems.
>
> In the past I was using http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8 but recently
> switched to http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u and faced above problems.
>
> 2015-01-29 22:02 GMT+01:00 Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com
>> :
>
>> On 2015-01-29 16:47, matchew wrote:
>>
>>> When it comes to JDK compilation (i am executing *make all*) I am getting
>>> this error:
>>>
>>> ## Starting jdk
>>> Compiling 162 files for BUILD_TOOLS
>>> /bin/sh: 1:
>>> -Xbootclasspath/p:/opt/openjdk/8/build/linux-x86_64-
>>> normal-server-release/langtools/dist/bootstrap/lib/javac.jar:
>>> not found
>>> make[2]: ***
>>> [/opt/openjdk/8/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/
>>> jdk/btclasses/_the.BUILD_TOOLS_batch]
>>> Error 127
>>> make[1]: *** [gensrc-only] Error 2
>>> make: *** [jdk-only] Error 2
>>>
>>> Which is strange because file
>>> /opt/openjdk/8/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/
>>> langtools/dist/bootstrap/lib/javac.jar
>>>    exists.
>>>
>>
>> The command line was supposed to look something like this
>> /usr/bin/java -Xbootclasspath/p:/opt/openjdk/8/build/linux-x86_64-
>> normal-server-release/langtools/dist/bootstrap/lib/javac.jar ...
>> but the executable java is missing.  Thus the shell tries to execute
>> -Xbootclasspath... but that is not a valid executable.
>>
>> Most likely, your spec.gmk is broken somehow, and $(JAVA) expands to
>> nothing.
>>
>> Did you get any error messages when running configure?
>>
>> /Magnus
>>