Ho to create stable cygwin build environment.

[David Holmes]

Hi Moshe,

I think this has been pointed out before:

https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Build/Supported+Build+Platforms

You're building 8u on a newer Windows and with a newer VisualStudio. I 
expect the VS version is more an issue than the Windows version, but 
then Windows 10 does have some quirks.

Sorry I can't offer any specific help.

David

On 30/07/2019 3:11 am, Moshe Zuisman wrote:
> Hi all.
> I still face a problem building last j*dk8u source at my windows 10
> maachine*
> 
> *        sh C:\openJdk8u_test\jdk8u\hotspot/make/windows/build_vm_def.sh
> 
> C:\progra~2\micros~1\2017\profes~1\vc\tools\msvc\1416~1.270\bin\hostx86\x64\link.exe
> @C:\cygwin64\tmp\nmE8BD.tmp   Creating library jvm.lib and object
> jvm.expad_x86_64_peephole.obj : error LNK2011: precompiled object not
> linked in; image may not runjvm.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved
> externalsNMAKE : fatal error U1077:
> 'C:\progra~2\micros~1\2017\profes~1\vc\tools\msvc\1416~1.270\bin\hostx86\x64\link.exe'
> : return code '0x460'Stop.NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code
> '0x2'Stop.NMAKE : fatal error U1077:
> 'C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\2017\PROFES~1\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX86\x86\nmake.EXE'
> : return code '0x2'Stop.make[3]: *** [Makefile:231: generic_build2] Error
> 2make[2]: *** [Makefile:177: product] Error 2make[1]: ***
> [HotspotWrapper.gmk:45:
> /cygdrive/c/openJdk8u_test/jdk8u/build/windows-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/_hotspot.timestamp]
> Error 2make: *** [/cygdrive/c/openJdk8u_test/jdk8u//make/Main.gmk:110:
> hotspot-only] Error 2*
> 
> But - if to define it more general.
> Is there some general, reproducable  procedure of creating working build
> environment at windows?,
> Like:
> 
>     - minimal version of Windows
>     - minimal version  of Visual C and list of its required components and
>     their minimal versions
>     - minimal version of cygwin.
> 
> Since except obvious problem,  that I do not sucess to get working build of
> JDK (while 3 months ago with then last source - it worked),
> there is another problem that I do not success to understand. At 2 machines
> with same version of VC and same version of cygwin (actually - I copied it
> from one machine to another)
> I  get different errors at build... And this is something - totally beyond
> my understanding...
>