Compiler version test failed of SPECJVM2008 benchmarks on OpenJDK

[Tony S]

Here are the errors and corresponding solutions for compiler version
test failed of SPECJVM2008 on OpenJDK. Hoping this will help people in
the future.


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Received output:
    [008] 2nd bounds test: OK
    [009] Compiler version test: failed
    [010] testIf:     OK
    [011] testArray:  OK
    [012] testBitOps: OK
    [013] testFor:    OK
    [014] ...

Complete output: /SPECjvm2008/results/SPECjvm2008.055/check.bt1.i1.op1.error.log
Validation file: /SPECjvm2008/resources/check/validity.check.dat

No benchmarks will be run, since initial check test failed.

The Javac version test in check failed.
The Javac version must be the one included in SPECjvm2008.
There is a known issue with this for Java on Mac OS X, including a workaround.
For more info, see ./docs/KnownIssues.html
------------------------[Error message end]------------------------


Here is my solution:

------------------------[Solution message start]------------------------
Under your JDK directory, execute
$ make all images

Then you can find rt.jar under your build folder. For example, rt.jar
is located under my directory:
build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/images/j2sdk-image/jre/lib/

Next, execute the SPECJVM2008 benchmarks like this:

$ [your java directory]    -Xbootclasspath/p:[your rt.jar directory]
-jar SPECjvm2008.jar  [benchmark name]  [other parameters]

it should works and no compiler version test error happens.
------------------------[Solution message end]------------------------


Hoping this will help people using SPECJVM2008 on your customized JDK.

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> Tony S
> Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington
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