Instructions for working on OpenJFX

[Kevin Rushforth]

Sure we could add that to the Wiki. I'll put this on the list for next 
time I update it to incorporate other feedback.

I'd guess that you are just getting lucky on Linux.

-- Kevin


Lennart Börjeson wrote:
>> 19 jan. 2018 kl. 15:37 skrev Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>:
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>> What version of gradle are you using? gradle 4.3, which is what we recommend / use in production, does not do parallel task execution by default. Are you enabling it in your gradle.properties file? Or maybe using a later version of gradle?
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>> -- Kevin
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> Ah! Mea culpa; I do indeed have enabled it in my properties. Haven't touched it for a year, so it had completely slipped my mind.
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> Anyway, the wiki should perhaps mention that parallel execution should be off? I spent several days trying to find the reason for the failure until I just happened to try --no-parallel.
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> My linux build seem to work with parallel on, but that is perhaps only by pure luck?
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> I'm using gradle 4.3.1, BTW.
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> /Lennart
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>> Lennart Börjeson wrote:
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>>> 19 jan. 2018 kl. 01:10 skrev Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com<mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
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>>> #2. You should be able to build just the FX bits (outside your IDE) using:
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>>>   gradle sdk
>>> -or-
>>>   gradle javadoc
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>>> When building on my Mac, I've found that I must specify
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>>> gradle --no-parallel sdk
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>>> otherwise the build will consistently fail with:
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>>> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
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>>> * What went wrong:
>>> A problem was found with the configuration of task ':graphics:compileDecoraNativeShadersMac'.
>>>   
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>>>       
>>>> Directory '/Users/lennartb/RaT/openJDK/javafx-10/modules/javafx.graphics/build/gensrc/headers/javafx.graphics' specified for property 'headers' does not exist.
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