strange error when running jtreg tests

[David Simms]

Another work-around is to use a "sanctioned dev kit" ("--with-devkit=") 
and avoid problems with "new fangled distros and tools", see:

https://wiki.se.oracle.com/display/JPG/Devkit+build+instructions+for+JDK+9


On 16/08/16 11:39, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> Using Ubuntu 14.04 on x64.
>
> Maurizio
>
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> On 15/08/16 23:41, Gustavo Romero wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I observed the same issue on Ubuntu 16.04 but not on RHEL 7.2.
>>
>> RHEL 7.2:
>> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/409005/raw/
>>
>> Ubuntu 16.04:
>> https://paste.fedoraproject.org/409004/raw/
>>
>> I checked on PPC64 LE arch (Ubuntu 16.04 and RHEL 7.2, logs above). 
>> It fails also
>> on Ubuntu 16.04 x64 (but I could not check if it succeeds on RHEL 7.2 
>> x64).
>>
>> On Ubuntu 16.04 PPC64 LE replacing -lpthread by -pthread in
>> ./hotspot/make/test/JtregNative.gmk:82 solves the issue on pthread_* 
>> symbols and
>> placing -ljvm (for instance) in front of ".../exeinvoke.o" solves the 
>> issue on
>> JNI_CreateJavaVM reference, however I'm really not sure what's the 
>> root cause.
>>
>> Maurizio, what distro/arch are you using?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gustavo
>>
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