[Newbie question] Strange errors trying to build the JDK

Wed Sep 5 07:32:38 UTC 2018

On 2018-08-22 17:45, Ioi Lam wrote:
> Looks like it's this command that failed:
>
>
> cd 
> /home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/objs 
> && \
>   /usr/bin/nm --defined-only *.o | /usr/bin/nawk '{ if ($3 ~ 
> /^_ZTV|^gHotSpotVM|^UseSharedSpaces$|^_ZN9Arguments17SharedArchivePathE$/) 
> print $3; }' | /usr/bin/sort -u
>
>
> Try cut-and-paste that into a terminal and see what error it reports,

Zambonifofex,

This is very good advice. You should try it.

If it does not return a long list of symbols, try breaking it down in 
parts to see if you can figure out where it fails.

/Magnus

>
> Thanks
>
> - Ioi
>
>
> On 8/21/18 11:18 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>> Interesting - there is no actual error report in the log. Only this:
>>
>> lib/JvmMapfile.gmk:141: recipe for target 
>> '/home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/symbols-objects' 
>> failed
>>
>> Looking at the gmk file we have:
>>
>> $(JVM_OUTPUTDIR)/symbols-objects: $(BUILD_LIBJVM_ALL_OBJS)
>>     $(call LogInfo, Generating symbol list from object files)
>>     $(CD) $(JVM_OUTPUTDIR)/objs && \
>>       $(DUMP_SYMBOLS_CMD) | $(NAWK) $(FILTER_SYMBOLS_AWK_SCRIPT) | 
>> $(SORT) -u > $@
>>
>> I'd have to suspect one of the command variables is not set. I 
>> suspect the actual error text may be redirected to the 
>> symbols-objects file, but unfortunately that has been deleted by 'make'.
>>
>> Check the generated spec.gmk file for the value of DUMP_SYMBOLS_CMD 
>> and NAWK.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 22/08/2018 1:45 PM, Zambonifofex wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I’ve run the following commands (using the Fish shell):
>>>
>>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/ $ make hotspot > ~/log.txt ^&1
>>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/ $ env LOG=trace make hotspot > 
>>> ~/log-trace.txt ^&1
>>>      /home/zambonifofex/jdk/ $
>>>
>>> I’ll attach the generated files in this email.
>>>
>>> Thanks once again.
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:51 PM Gustavo Romero
>>> <gromero at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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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