Unable to build JDK on macOS 10.14.6

[Erik Joelsson]

Hello Timmy,

On 2020-02-28 05:32, Timmy Jose wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a tarball that I downloaded from
> https://builds.shipilev.net/workspaces/jdk-jdk.tar.xz, and was trying to
> build the same.
I have no idea what version of the source this is, but I'm guessing it's 
a recent snapshot of our mainline http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/
> This are the commands that I am using to build the project:
>
> 1. /configure
> --with-toolchain-path=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/
> --disable-warnings-as-errors, and then
You shouldn't need either of those arguments. Configure will find the 
default Xcode installation automatically.
> 2. make images
>
> My Xcode version is: Version 11.0 (11A420a).
I have never tested this version. We use 10.1 at Oracle and I just 
verified that 11.3 builds OpenJDK without problems. There could be a bug 
with the 11.0 version that we do not know about.
> However, it fails with a strange error about libarclite_macosx.
>
> ```
> Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
>    "_objc_loadClassref", referenced from:
>        __ARCLite__load() in libarclite_macosx.a(arclite.o)
> ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
> clang-9: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see
> invocation)
> make[3]: ***
> [/Users/z0ltan/dev/forks/openjdk/jdk-jdk/build/macosx-x86_64-server-release/support/modules_libs/java.base/libosxsecurity.dylib]
> Error 1
> make[2]: *** [java.base-libs] Error 2
>
> ERROR: Build failed for target 'images' in configuration
> 'macosx-x86_64-server-release' (exit code 2)
>
> === Output from failing command(s) repeated here ===
> * For target
> support_native_java.base_libosxsecurity_BUILD_LIBOSXSECURITY_link:
> Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
>    "_objc_loadClassref", referenced from:
>        __ARCLite__load() in libarclite_macosx.a(arclite.o)
> ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
> clang-9: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see
> invocation)
>
> * All command lines available in
> /Users/z0ltan/dev/forks/openjdk/jdk-jdk/build/macosx-x86_64-server-release/make-support/failure-logs.
> === End of repeated output ===
>
> No indication of failed target found.
> Hint: Try searching the build log for '] Error'.
> Hint: See doc/building.html#troubleshooting for assistance.
>
> make[1]: *** [main] Error 2
> make: *** [images] Error 2
> ```
>
> I am attaching the failure logs (LOG=debug) with this email.

Attachments are unfortunately stripped by the mailing list so can't see 
them, but I would recommend trying a different version of Xcode. You can 
install them side by side if you rename your existing 
/Applications/Xcode.app to something like /Applications/Xcode-11.0.app 
before installing the other version. After that you can switch between 
them using xcode-select.

/Erik

> If any specific information would be useful in debugging this issue, I
> would be more than happy to share the same.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Timmy