[Newbie question] Strange errors trying to build the JDK

[Gustavo Romero]

Hi,

On 08/21/2018 08:00 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> You need to search further up the build log to try and find the actual error that occurred when building hotspot.
> 
> Run "make hotspot" and it should be easier to see.

In addition to David's suggestion you can also add before the command LOG=trace, like:

$ LOG=trace make hotspot

to spot the executed commands in the build process.


Regards,
Gustavo

> David
> 
> On 20/08/2018 11:53 AM, Zambonifofex wrote:
>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> I am new to collaborating to the JDK, so sorry if this question is too
>> newbie‐ish.
>>
>> I have recently been affected by a minor bug in the ‘java.desktop’
>> module on Linux. I figured I’d try to fix it by myself, so I followed
>> the steps in the “How to Contribute” page, the “Building” page, as
>> well as some more that I could find online.
>>
>> The bug number is ‘7162479’. The bug is that it calling
>> ‘setLocationByPlatform(true)’ on a ‘JFrame’ will not work if
>> ‘setResizable(false)’ has been called on the same ‘JFrame’.
>>
>> When I tried to build the JDK with ‘make images’, after getting a
>> couple errors related to the changes I made and fixing them, I started
>> to face a strange error that was not related to the changes I made at
>> all.
>>
>> Here is the log I get when trying to run ‘make images’ currently, as
>> well as the output of ‘hg id’, if that’s of any help (where
>> ‘/home/zambonifofex/jdk $’ is the prompt):
>>
>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/ $ hg id
>>      2e91d927e00c+ tip
>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/ $ make images
>>      Building target 'images' in configuration
>> 'linux-x86_64-normal-server-release'
>>      lib/JvmMapfile.gmk:141: recipe for target
>> '/home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/symbols-objects'
>> failed
>>      make[3]: ***
>> [/home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/symbols-objects]
>> Error 1
>>      make[3]: *** Deleting file
>> '/home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/symbols-objects'
>>      make/Main.gmk:257: recipe for target 'hotspot-server-libs' failed
>>      make[2]: *** [hotspot-server-libs] Error 1
>>      make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>>
>>      ERROR: Build failed for target 'images' in configuration
>> 'linux-x86_64-normal-server-release' (exit code 2)
>>
>>      === Make failed targets repeated here ===
>>      lib/JvmMapfile.gmk:141: recipe for target
>> '/home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/symbols-objects'
>> failed
>>      make/Main.gmk:257: recipe for target 'hotspot-server-libs' failed
>>      === End of repeated output ===
>>
>>      Hint: Try searching the build log for the name of the first failed target.
>>      Hint: See doc/building.html#troubleshooting for assistance.
>>
>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/make/Init.gmk:300: recipe for target 'main' failed
>>      make[1]: *** [main] Error 1
>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/make/Init.gmk:186: recipe for target 'images' failed
>>      make: *** [images] Error 2
>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/ $
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
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