[Newbie question] Strange errors trying to build the JDK

Wed Sep 5 09:07:00 UTC 2018

On 2018-09-05 09:49, Zambonifofex wrote:
> Hello. It seems to work fine on Bash. On Fish, I get the following error:
>
>      fish: Unsupported use of '&&'. In fish, please use 'COMMAND; and COMMAND'.
>      cd /home/zambonifofex/jdk/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/variant-server/libjvm/objs
> && \
>
>                                     ^
>
> Fish uses the ‘and’ command
> <https://fishshell.com/docs/current/commands.html#and> instead of
> Bash’s ‘&&’ operator.

Okay... So what happens if you run the command in bash, which is what 
make will be using?

We do set SHELL to bash for make, so it *should* be running command 
lines using bash.

But just to be sure, please test running the make command from bash as well.

/Magnus

> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:35 AM Magnus Ihse Bursie
> <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 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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