bash configure: result from running a microsoft compiler was empty string

[Vitaly Provodin]

HI David, Andrew,

Thanks for the reply

I ran /mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe directly, it produced the following log:

$ /mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.16.27030.1 for x64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption… ]


Andrew,

Thanks for providing me with the link to the actual doc. Now this command looks like:

bash ./configure --with-boot-jdk=/mnt/c/Tools/Java/jdk-11.0.2 --with-toolchain-version=2017

But the result the same :^(
Please note I ran it in the clean environment that means I did not set any env variables.

Suspicious lines in log:
checking for Boot JDK... /mnt/c/Tools/Java/jdk-11.0.2
checking Boot JDK version... java version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15 LTS  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS)  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS, mixed mode)  
checking for java.exe in Boot JDK... ok
checking for javac.exe in Boot JDK... ok
checking for javadoc.exe in Boot JDK... ok
checking for jar.exe in Boot JDK... ok
checking for jarsigner.exe in Boot JDK... ok
checking if Boot JDK is 32 or 64 bits... 64
checking for local Boot JDK Class Data Sharing (CDS)... no, creation failed

Not sure whether it can be ignored that CDS creation failed
more log

configure: Rewriting path to "/mnt/c/Windows/System32/OpenSSH"
configure: Rewriting path to "/mnt/c/cygwin64/bin"
/bin/wslpath: C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\.dnx\bin: Permission denied
configure: Rewriting path to "/mnt/c/PROGRA~1/MICROS~2/Dnvm"

and at the end

configure: Will use user supplied compiler CC=/mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe
checking resolved symbolic links for CC... no symlink
configure: The C compiler (located as /mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe) does not seem to be the required microsoft compiler.
configure: The result from running it was: ""
configure: error: A microsoft compiler is required. Try setting --with-tools-dir.
configure exiting with result code 1

Thanks,
Vitaly

> On 10 Apr 2019, at 13:32, Andrew Luo <andrewluotechnologies at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Vitaly,
> 
> Those instructions are out of date, just my original proposed patch.  What we eventually ended up committing is much simpler.
> 
> See http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/file/72f05350b4b3/doc/building.md for the latest instructions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: build-dev <build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of David Holmes
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 10:25 PM
> To: Vitaly Provodin <vitaly.provodin at jetbrains.com>; build-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: bash configure: result from running a microsoft compiler was empty string
> 
> Hi Vitaly,
> 
> What do you see if you run:
> 
> /mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe
> 
> directly?
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> On 10/04/2019 1:35 pm, Vitaly Provodin wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm trying to compile OpenJDK 13 (using WSL and following this instructions http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2018-December/024316.html <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2018-December/024316.html>), but when I use:
>> 
>> $ bash ./configure --with-boot-jdk=/mnt/c/Tools/Java/jdk-11.0.2 \
>>     --with-tools-dir="C:\Tools\VS\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary" \
>>     --with-ucrt-dll-dir="C:\Tools\WindowsKits\10\bin\10.0.17763.0\x64\ucrt”
>> 
>> it fail, with the following message:
>> 
>> . . .
>> configure: Will use user supplied compiler 
>> CC=/mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx6
>> 4/x64/cl.exe checking resolved symbolic links for CC... no symlink
>> configure: The C compiler (located as /mnt/c/Tools/VS/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe) does not seem to be the required microsoft compiler.
>> configure: The result from running it was: ""
>> configure: error: A microsoft compiler is required. Try setting --with-tools-dir.
>> configure exiting with result code 1
>> 
>> It looks like the cause of this failure is in the empty string
>> 
>> configure: The result from running it was: “"
>> 
>> Please note I tried the following
>> - to run vcvars64.bat then start WSL (ubuntu)
>> - just start WSL (ubuntu) wiothout vcvars64.bat anyway I got the above 
>> message.
>> 
>> I'm using windows 10 64 bits
>> 
>> Could you please give me advice what I should do?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Vitaly
>>