RFR: 8258925: configure script failed on WSL

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:04:34 GMT, Yasumasa Suenaga <ysuenaga at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I ran configure script on WSL 1, but it failed as below:
> 
> $ bash configure --enable-debug --with-boot-jdk=/mnt/d/Java/jdk-15.0.1
> 
>     :
> 
> configure: Found potential Boot JDK using configure arguments
> configure: The command for java_to_test, which resolves as "/mnt/d/Java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/java", can not be found.
> configure: error: Cannot locate /mnt/d/Java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/java
> configure exiting with result code 1
> 
> `fixpath.sh` attempts to run `$PATHTOOL` with `.exe` if it fails with original path, but `.exe` would not be added even if `$path.exe` exists.

make/scripts/fixpath.sh line 152:

> 150:     # If it fails, try again with an added .exe (needed on WSL)
> 151:     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
> 152:       path="$path.exe"

This seems to conflict with the logic starting at line #173 below.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1889