strange error when running jtreg tests

[Erik Joelsson]

On 2016-08-18 00:14, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>
> This seems to be a problem that keeps reoccurring in the OpenJDK
> build on Debian/Ubuntu systems over several years e.g.
>
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea6/raw-file/tip/patches/linker-libs-order.patch (OpenJDK 6)
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1413 (OpenJDK 8)
>
> I guess they have a default linker configuration which strictly
> wants the libraries at the end of the command. Having them in
> a LDFLAGS variable rather than LIBS is something we should try and
> flag earlier, so we don't get build breakage again on these
> systems.
Indeed, and we created the LIBS flag for this very reason. This case 
just fell through the cracks. There was no need for LIBS at the time the 
JtregNative compilation was first introduced so the implementor likely 
forgot about it. The exeinvoke test is pretty new. I missed this when 
reviewing that change.

/Erik