Invalid/incorrect use of printf makes the build fail

Osipov, Michael (LDA IT PLM 2) michael.osipov at siemens.com
Thu Jan 26 19:39:02 UTC 2023


Hi folks,

this is the upstream report for this downstream bug [1]:
It basically boils down to that printf is used in .m4 and .sh files, but 
not formatting with %s, but rather direct variable expansion:
 > printf "$foo\n"
rather than
 > printf "%s\n" $foo

In the downstream bug the following makes the build fail:
 > ./configure ... 
--with-vendor-bug-url='https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Ports%20%26%20Packages&component=Individual%20Port(s)&short_desc=java/${PORTNAME}${JDK_MAJOR_VERSION}%3A%20'

since the value contains percent char and the printf statement uses $var 
instead of %s $var printf tries to interprete it.

I see these invalid usages:
 > $ grep -r --include='*.sh' --include='*.m4' printf jdk* --color=force 
| grep -v % | grep --color=always \\$
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "using configure 
arguments '$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Debug level: 
$DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* HS debug level: 
$HOTSPOT_DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* JVM variants: 
$JVM_VARIANTS\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$variant: 
\'$JVM_FEATURES_FOR_VARIANT\' "
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* OpenJDK target: OS: 
$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS, CPU architecture: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ARCH, address 
length: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Version string: 
$VERSION_STRING ($VERSION_SHORT)\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Boot JDK: 
$BOOT_JDK_VERSION (at $BOOT_JDK)\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Toolchain: 
$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE ($TOOLCHAIN_DESCRIPTION)\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C Compiler:     Version 
$CC_VERSION_NUMBER (at ${CC#"$FIXPATH "})\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C++ Compiler:   Version 
$CXX_VERSION_NUMBER (at ${CXX#"$FIXPATH "})\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Cores to use:   $JOBS\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Memory limit: 
$MEMORY_SIZE MB\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* ccache status: 
$CCACHE_STATUS\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$FOUND_ALT_VARIABLES\n"
 > jdk11u-dev/test/jdk/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.sh: 
       'InheritIO$'${TEST_NAME} printf message > stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt
 > jdk11u-dev/test/jdk/java/lang/Thread/UncaughtExceptions.sh:    printf 
"$name:\n"; cat "$got"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "using configure 
arguments '$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Name: 
$CONF_NAME\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Debug level: 
$DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* HS debug level: 
$HOTSPOT_DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* JVM variants: 
$JVM_VARIANTS\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$variant: 
\'$JVM_FEATURES_FOR_VARIANT\' "
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* OpenJDK target: OS: 
$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS, CPU architecture: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ARCH, address 
length: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Version string: 
$VERSION_STRING ($VERSION_SHORT)\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Boot JDK: 
$BOOT_JDK_VERSION (at $BOOT_JDK)\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Toolchain: 
$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE ($TOOLCHAIN_DESCRIPTION)\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C Compiler:     Version 
$CC_VERSION_NUMBER (at ${CC#"$FIXPATH "})\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C++ Compiler:   Version 
$CXX_VERSION_NUMBER (at ${CXX#"$FIXPATH "})\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Cores to use:   $JOBS\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Memory limit: 
$MEMORY_SIZE MB\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* ccache status: 
$CCACHE_STATUS\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$FOUND_ALT_VARIABLES\n"
 > jdk17u-dev/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/nio/genBuffers.sh: 
printf "}\n" >> $out
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "using configure arguments 
'$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "The original configure 
invocation was '$REAL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND_EXEC_SHORT 
$REAL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Name:           $CONF_NAME\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Debug level:    $DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* HS debug level: 
$HOTSPOT_DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* JVM variants:   $JVM_VARIANTS\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$variant: 
\'$JVM_FEATURES_FOR_VARIANT\' "
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* OpenJDK target: OS: 
$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS, CPU architecture: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ARCH, address 
length: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Version string: 
$VERSION_STRING ($VERSION_SHORT)\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Source date: 
$source_date_info\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Boot JDK: 
$BOOT_JDK_VERSION (at $BOOT_JDK)\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Toolchain: 
$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE ($TOOLCHAIN_DESCRIPTION)\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* Devkit: 
$DEVKIT_NAME ($DEVKIT_ROOT)\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* Devkit: 
$DEVKIT_ROOT\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* Sysroot:        $SYSROOT\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C Compiler:     Version 
$CC_VERSION_NUMBER (at ${CC#"$FIXPATH "})\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C++ Compiler:   Version 
$CXX_VERSION_NUMBER (at ${CXX#"$FIXPATH "})\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Build jobs:     $JOBS\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Memory limit:   $MEMORY_SIZE 
MB\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* ccache status: 
$CCACHE_STATUS\n"
 > jdk20u/make/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$FOUND_ALT_VARIABLES\n"
 > jdk20u/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/nio/genBuffers.sh:    printf 
"}\n" >> $out
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf 
"$OUTPUT_ROOT\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:    printf "using 
configure arguments '$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* Debug 
level:    $DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* JDK 
variant:    $JDK_VARIANT\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* JVM 
variants:   $with_jvm_variants\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* OpenJDK 
target: OS: $OPENJDK_TARGET_OS, CPU architecture: 
$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ARCH, address length: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:    printf "* 
Environment:    $WINDOWS_ENV_VENDOR version $WINDOWS_ENV_VERSION (root 
at $WINDOWS_ENV_ROOT_PATH)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* Boot 
JDK:       $BOOT_JDK_VERSION (at $BOOT_JDK)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* 
Toolchain:      $TOOLCHAIN_TYPE ($TOOLCHAIN_DESCRIPTION)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* C 
Compiler:     Version $CC_VERSION_NUMBER (at $CC)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* C++ 
Compiler:   Version $CXX_VERSION_NUMBER (at $CXX)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* Cores to 
use:   $JOBS\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:  printf "* Memory 
limit:   $MEMORY_SIZE MB\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:    printf "* ccache 
status:  $CCACHE_STATUS\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:    printf 
"$FOUND_ALT_VARIABLES\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "$OUTPUT_ROOT\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "using configure 
arguments '$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Debug level: 
$DEBUG_LEVEL\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* JDK variant: 
$JDK_VARIANT\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* JVM variants: 
$with_jvm_variants\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* OpenJDK target: OS: 
$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS, CPU architecture: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ARCH, address 
length: $OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* Environment: 
$WINDOWS_ENV_VENDOR version $WINDOWS_ENV_VERSION (root at 
$WINDOWS_ENV_ROOT_PATH)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Boot JDK: 
$BOOT_JDK_VERSION (at $BOOT_JDK)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Toolchain: 
$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE ($TOOLCHAIN_DESCRIPTION)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C Compiler:     Version 
$CC_VERSION_NUMBER (at $CC)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* C++ Compiler:   Version 
$CXX_VERSION_NUMBER (at $CXX)\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Cores to use:   $JOBS\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:  printf "* Memory limit: 
$MEMORY_SIZE MB\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "* ccache status: 
$CCACHE_STATUS\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "$FOUND_ALT_VARIABLES\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/jdk/test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/InheritIO/InheritIO.sh: 
      'InheritIO$'${TEST_NAME} printf message > stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt
 > jdk8u-dev/jdk/test/java/lang/Thread/UncaughtExceptions.sh:    printf 
"$name:\n"; cat "$got"

although not all of them are problematic, at least these need to be fixed:
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh:    printf "using 
configure arguments '$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"
 > jdk8u-dev/common/autoconf/help.m4:    printf "using configure 
arguments '$CONFIGURE_COMMAND_LINE'.\n"

and for other JDK versions as well. The fixes are trivial [2], [3].

Can some committer please at least log a bug in JBS for this?

Regards,

Michael

[1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=267690
[2] https://bz-attachments.freebsd.org/attachment.cgi?id=237999
[3] https://bz-attachments.freebsd.org/attachment.cgi?id=238000



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