>>> On the other hand, it looks like xcodebuild is not always installed. >>> >> >> IIRC, this is what trigger the dialog ask what do you want to install. Can >> you find out where is your xcodebuild located and what does it return with >> xcodebuild -version? > > It is a clean install of Mavericks before I run the first configure, so I am > OK with the dialog. The dialog offers two options: one is install Xcode, one > is download and install compilers. (I cannot remember the exact words). I > chose the latter because I don't need an IDE. It seems this option installs > the compiler and tools like make but has not included xcodebuild. This is why > I see the error message in my second configure run. > > As I said, I created my own fake xcodebuild to tell the configure (3rd run) > it's Xcode 5, configure happily accepts it this time, and then the build goes > fine. That seems to show xcodebuild is not necessary and Xcode is not > necessary.
That won't be the case when I get my changes for JDK-8043340 pushed, it will require xcodebuild. We list Xcode as a build requirement so it needs to be installed, for 9 this (eventually) will be bumped to Xcode 5. -DrD-
