Unable to build JDK on macOS 10.14.6

[Timmy Jose]

Hi Erik,

Thank you for responding so quickly! I will try to get Xcode 11.3 set up
and give it a go. Thanks for the tip!

Cheers,

Timmy

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:38 PM Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>
wrote:

> 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
>