[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8299616: [11u] Bootcycle build fails after JDK-8257679 backport

Christoph Langer clanger at openjdk.org
Wed Jan 4 17:59:03 UTC 2023


On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:09:57 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Currently, JDK 11u `make bootcycle-images` fails with:
> 
> 
>  bootcycle-spec.gmk:32: *** non-numeric first argument to `word' function: ''. Stop.
> 
> 
> The apparent reason is [JDK-8257679](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8257679) that did the following change:
>  https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u-dev/commit/40f4fc2da8532252a1660c7f082eb19046f4bc70#diff-935527b393cb4625a8874febf5fe39d43479a2228ef437f4e104ba3001e1e30fL31-L40
> 
> Note that the left-over hunk uses `JAVA_EXEC_POS`, which is defined in the hunk that was removed. This PR reinstantiates that hunk.
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `make bootcycle-images`
>  - [ ] Windows x86_64 fastdebug `make bootcycle-images`

Ah, yes, [JDK-8244036](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8244036), is not in jdk11u, so removing this block was wrong. Thanks for finding & fixing. Please integrate this and I'll cherry-pick it into the bundle for 11.0.18, too.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1639


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