I'm getting a different error message now. The Werror issue has been resolved, the bugfix worked.
Creating sa.make ... /usr/bin/make: invalid option -- '8' /usr/bin/make: invalid option -- '/' /usr/bin/make: invalid option -- 'c' This program built for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Report bugs to <bug-m...@gnu.org> make[5]: *** [ad_stuff] Error 2 make[4]: *** [product] Error 2 make[3]: *** [generic_build2] Error 2 make[2]: *** [product] Error 2 /home/rkumar/openjdk8/hotspot/make/linux/makefiles/top.make:91: recipe for target 'ad_stuff' failed /home/rkumar/openjdk8/hotspot/make/linux/Makefile:289: recipe for target 'product' failed Makefile:216: recipe for target 'generic_build2' failed Makefile:167: recipe for target 'product' failed HotspotWrapper.gmk:44: recipe for target '/home/rkumar/openjdk8/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/_hotspot.timestamp' failed make[1]: *** [/home/rkumar/openjdk8/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/hotspot/_hotspot.timestamp] Error 2 /home/rkumar/openjdk8//common/makefiles/Main.gmk:108: recipe for target 'hotspot-only' failed make: *** [hotspot-only] Error 2 Build Environment Configuration summary: * Debug level: release * JDK variant: normal * JVM variants: server * OpenJDK target: OS: linux, CPU architecture: x86, address length: 64 Tools summary: * Boot JDK: java version "1.7.0_45" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.4.3) (ArchLinux build 7.u45_2.4.3-1-x86_64) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode) (at /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk) * C Compiler: gcc (GCC) version 4.8.2 (at /usr/bin/gcc) * C++ Compiler: g++ (GCC) version 4.8.2 (at /usr/bin/g++) Build performance summary: * Cores to use: 1 * Memory limit: 997 MB * ccache status: installed and in use On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Raahul Kumar <raahul.ku...@gmail.com>wrote: > Forgot to mention I'm building on Linux. > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Raahul Kumar <raahul.ku...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes. I'm currently trying to build the jdk 8 and I will confirm in a few >> hours if your fix worked. You've left Werror flag intact, all you've done is >> just ignore missing param error msg. >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Weijun Wang <weijun.w...@oracle.com>wrote: >> >>> What platform are you building on? What exact error messages have you >>> seen? It will be helpful if you provide these info. >>> >>> If it's SCTP on latest Linux, yes, there is a problem and we've just >>> fixed it. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Max >>> >>> >>> On 10/7/13 8:22 PM, Raahul Kumar wrote: >>> >>>> Gcc seems to have been configured with -Werror, because it halts on just >>>> error messages. >>>> How do I build OpenJDK8 currently? >>>> >>>> >> >