Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
Sorry, that was wrong... here you go: Runnable configure script is not present Generating runnable configure script at /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug/configure-support/generated-configure.sh Using autoconf at /usr/bin/autoconf [autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69] configure: Configuration created at Wed Apr 25 12:09:25 CEST 2018. checking for basename... /usr/bin/basename checking for bash... /bin/bash checking for cat... /bin/cat checking for chmod... /bin/chmod checking for cmp... /usr/bin/cmp checking for comm... /usr/bin/comm checking for cp... /bin/cp checking for cut... /usr/bin/cut checking for date... /bin/date checking for gdiff... no checking for diff... /usr/bin/diff checking for dirname... /usr/bin/dirname checking for echo... /bin/echo checking for expr... /usr/bin/expr checking for file... /usr/bin/file checking for find... /usr/bin/find checking for head... /usr/bin/head checking for gunzip... /bin/gunzip checking for pigz... no checking for gzip... /bin/gzip checking for ln... /bin/ln checking for ls... /bin/ls checking for mkdir... /bin/mkdir checking for mktemp... /bin/mktemp checking for mv... /bin/mv checking for nawk... /usr/bin/nawk checking for printf... /usr/bin/printf checking for greadlink... no checking for readlink... /bin/readlink checking for rm... /bin/rm checking for rmdir... /bin/rmdir checking for sh... /bin/sh checking for sort... /usr/bin/sort checking for tail... /usr/bin/tail checking for gtar... no checking for tar... /bin/tar checking for tee... /usr/bin/tee checking for touch... /usr/bin/touch checking for tr... /usr/bin/tr checking for uname... /bin/uname checking for uniq... /usr/bin/uniq checking for wc... /usr/bin/wc checking for which... /usr/bin/which checking for xargs... /usr/bin/xargs checking for gawk... gawk checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for cygpath... no checking for df... /bin/df checking for cpio... /bin/cpio checking for nice... /usr/bin/nice checking for pandoc... no checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking openjdk-build os-cpu... linux-x86_64 checking openjdk-target os-cpu... linux-x86_64 checking compilation type... native checking for top-level directory... /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/source checking if custom source is suppressed (openjdk-only)... no checking which variant of the JDK to build... normal checking which debug level to use... release checking which variants of the JVM to build... server checking for sysroot... checking for toolchain path... checking for extra path... checking where to store configuration... in current directory checking what configuration name to use... /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug checking for apt-get... apt-get checking for gmake... no checking for make... /usr/bin/make configure: Testing potential make at /usr/bin/make, found using make in PATH configure: Using GNU make at /usr/bin/make (version: GNU Make 4.1) checking if make --output-sync is supported... yes checking for output-sync value... none checking if find supports -delete... yes checking what type of tar was found... gnu checking that grep (/bin/grep) -Fx handles empty lines in the pattern list correctly... yes checking for unzip... /usr/bin/unzip checking for zip... /usr/bin/zip checking for ldd... /usr/bin/ldd checking for greadelf... no checking for readelf... /usr/bin/readelf checking for dot... no checking for hg... /usr/bin/hg checking for stat... /usr/bin/stat checking for time... /usr/bin/time checking for flock... /usr/bin/flock checking for dtrace... no checking for gpatch... no checking for patch... /usr/bin/patch checking bash version... 4.3.48 checking if bash supports pipefail... yes checking if bash supports errexit (-e)... yes checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for default LOG value... checking headless only... no checking for graphviz dot... no, cannot generate full docs checking for pandoc... no, cannot generate full docs checking full docs... no, missing dependencies checking for cacerts file... default checking if packaged modules are kept... yes (default) checking for version string... 11-internal+0-adhoc.thomas.source configure: Found potential Boot JDK using configure arguments checking for Boot JDK... /shared/projects/openjdk/jdks/openjdk9 checking Boot JDK version... openjdk version "9-internal" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 9-internal+0-adhoc.jenkins.openjdk) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 9-internal+0-adhoc.jenkins.openjdk, mixed mode) checking for java in Boot JDK... ok checking for javac in Boot JDK... ok checking for javadoc in Boot JDK... ok checking for jar in Boot JDK... ok checking for jarsigner in Boot J
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
Hi Magnus, Ok I reverted the VM to the point before installing the dependencies. Here you go:Runnable configure script is not present Generating runnable configure script at /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug/configure-support/generated-configure.sh Using autoconf at /usr/bin/autoconf [autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69] configure: Configuration created at Wed Apr 25 12:06:11 CEST 2018. checking for basename... /usr/bin/basename checking for bash... /bin/bash checking for cat... /bin/cat checking for chmod... /bin/chmod checking for cmp... /usr/bin/cmp checking for comm... /usr/bin/comm checking for cp... /bin/cp checking for cut... /usr/bin/cut checking for date... /bin/date checking for gdiff... no checking for diff... /usr/bin/diff checking for dirname... /usr/bin/dirname checking for echo... /bin/echo checking for expr... /usr/bin/expr checking for file... /usr/bin/file checking for find... /usr/bin/find checking for head... /usr/bin/head checking for gunzip... /bin/gunzip checking for pigz... no checking for gzip... /bin/gzip checking for ln... /bin/ln checking for ls... /bin/ls checking for mkdir... /bin/mkdir checking for mktemp... /bin/mktemp checking for mv... /bin/mv checking for nawk... /usr/bin/nawk checking for printf... /usr/bin/printf checking for greadlink... no checking for readlink... /bin/readlink checking for rm... /bin/rm checking for rmdir... /bin/rmdir checking for sh... /bin/sh checking for sort... /usr/bin/sort checking for tail... /usr/bin/tail checking for gtar... no checking for tar... /bin/tar checking for tee... /usr/bin/tee checking for touch... /usr/bin/touch checking for tr... /usr/bin/tr checking for uname... /bin/uname checking for uniq... /usr/bin/uniq checking for wc... /usr/bin/wc checking for which... /usr/bin/which checking for xargs... /usr/bin/xargs checking for gawk... gawk checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for cygpath... no checking for df... /bin/df checking for cpio... /bin/cpio checking for nice... /usr/bin/nice checking for pandoc... no checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking openjdk-build os-cpu... linux-x86_64 checking openjdk-target os-cpu... linux-x86_64 checking compilation type... native checking for top-level directory... /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/source checking if custom source is suppressed (openjdk-only)... no checking which variant of the JDK to build... normal checking which debug level to use... release checking which variants of the JVM to build... server checking for sysroot... checking for toolchain path... checking for extra path... checking where to store configuration... in current directory configure: Current directory is /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug. configure: Since this is not the source root, configure will output the configuration here configure: (as opposed to creating a configuration in /build/). configure: However, this directory is not empty. This is not allowed, since it could configure: seriously mess up just about everything. configure: Try 'cd /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/source' and restart configure configure: (or create a new empty directory and cd to it). configure: error: Will not continue creating configuration in /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug configure exiting with result code 1 ..Thomas On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: > On 2018-04-24 14:50, Thomas Stüfe wrote: >> >> Hi all, > > > Hi Thomas, > > What does the output from configure look like? The config.log file does not > really help tell us how far into our configure script we've come. > > As John pointed out, the problem here was (likely) that you were missing the > needed C libraries. However, we should have a test for this in configure, > and I'm surprised it didn't alert you to the problem. > > /Magnus > > >> >> I got a configure error on a fresh, virgin Linux Mint 18.3 install. I >> have not yet installed anything on that box (the only thing I >> installed is autoconf). >> >> This fails at a point where normally I would get suggestions about >> which tools to install with apt-get (which, btw, is really nice). >> config.log contains this: >> >> --- >> >> Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu >> 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5' >> --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-5/README.Bugs >> --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ >> --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-5 --enable-shared >> --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib >> --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib >> --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu >> --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes >> --with-default-libstdcxx-abi
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
On 2018-04-24 14:50, Thomas Stüfe wrote: Hi all, Hi Thomas, What does the output from configure look like? The config.log file does not really help tell us how far into our configure script we've come. As John pointed out, the problem here was (likely) that you were missing the needed C libraries. However, we should have a test for this in configure, and I'm surprised it didn't alert you to the problem. /Magnus I got a configure error on a fresh, virgin Linux Mint 18.3 install. I have not yet installed anything on that box (the only thing I installed is autoconf). This fails at a point where normally I would get suggestions about which tools to install with apt-get (which, btw, is really nice). config.log contains this: --- Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-5 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5) configure:35364: $? = 0 configure:35353: /usr/bin/gcc -V >&5 gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V' gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:35364: $? = 1 configure:35353: /usr/bin/gcc -qversion >&5 gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion' gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:35364: $? = 1 configure:35384: checking whether the C compiler works configure:35406: /usr/bin/gcc -m64-m64 conftest.c >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status configure:35410: $? = 1 configure:35448: result: no configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "OpenJDK" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "openjdk" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "jdk9" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "OpenJDK jdk9" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "build-dev@openjdk.java.net" | #define PACKAGE_URL "http://openjdk.java.net"; | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:35453: error: in `/shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug': configure:35455: error: C compiler cannot create executables - Weirdly enough the compiler is ran once with -qversion, which is an AIX-only option, and once with -V, which is not valid either. Has anyone seen this already? (Note that I used Mint18.3 as development machine before and it just worked). Thanks, Thomas
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
On 04/24/2018 06:24 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote: > Thanks Adrian! > > I installed the build prereqs and now I am fine. Great. I'm glad I was able to help :). > Wiki is good, btw. I have written down instructions for bootstrapping various compilers in Debian since that happens every time we are adding a new architecture: > https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingFPC > https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingGHC > https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingOpenJDK > https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingRust The instructions aren't necessary complete or up-to-date, but they should give good pointers. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
Thanks Adrian! I installed the build prereqs and now I am fine. Wiki is good, btw. Best Regards, Thomas On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 3:51 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 04/24/2018 03:25 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote: >>> >>> Have you tried "apt build-dep openjdk-9"? This should install all the >>> necessary build dependencies. >> >> >> This is cool! I did not know that. >> >> Unfortunately it seems not to work on my box: >> >> thomas@mint18 /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/source $ sudo apt-get >> build-dep openjdk-9 >> Reading package lists... Done >> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list > > > You need to add the corresponding "deb-src" entries for the "deb" > entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list. > > On my Debian box, it looks like this: > > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > > For Linux Mint, you need to use the corresponding line from the > Linux Mint mirrors. After editing the sources.list, you need to > run "apt update". > >> :) Sure. As I wrote, I think the bug would be that configure does not >> display nice "you should run apt-get x" messages like it used to. >> >>> PS: If you are using a real Debian instead of Linux Mint, you get a >>> free Multi-Arch environment for free and can easily cross-build >>> OpenJDK for all the architectures found in Debian. Let me know >>> if you want me to write up a small HowTo. >>> >> >> Such a braindump from you would be surely welcome. > > > I just realized I already did that: > >> https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingOpenJDK > > > Needs some updating though. > > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
On 04/24/2018 03:25 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote: Have you tried "apt build-dep openjdk-9"? This should install all the necessary build dependencies. This is cool! I did not know that. Unfortunately it seems not to work on my box: thomas@mint18 /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/source $ sudo apt-get build-dep openjdk-9 Reading package lists... Done E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list You need to add the corresponding "deb-src" entries for the "deb" entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list. On my Debian box, it looks like this: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free For Linux Mint, you need to use the corresponding line from the Linux Mint mirrors. After editing the sources.list, you need to run "apt update". :) Sure. As I wrote, I think the bug would be that configure does not display nice "you should run apt-get x" messages like it used to. PS: If you are using a real Debian instead of Linux Mint, you get a free Multi-Arch environment for free and can easily cross-build OpenJDK for all the architectures found in Debian. Let me know if you want me to write up a small HowTo. Such a braindump from you would be surely welcome. I just realized I already did that: https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/BootstrappingOpenJDK Needs some updating though. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
Hi Adrian, On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 3:01 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Thomas! > > On 04/24/2018 02:50 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote: >> >> I got a configure error on a fresh, virgin Linux Mint 18.3 install. I >> have not yet installed anything on that box (the only thing I >> installed is autoconf). > > > Have you tried "apt build-dep openjdk-9"? This should install all the > necessary build dependencies. This is cool! I did not know that. Unfortunately it seems not to work on my box: thomas@mint18 /shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/source $ sudo apt-get build-dep openjdk-9 Reading package lists... Done E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list > >> This fails at a point where normally I would get suggestions about >> which tools to install with apt-get (which, btw, is really nice). >> config.log contains this: >> (...) >> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc >> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory > > > You're missing the Debian package libc6-dev: > > root@z6:~> dpkg -L libc6-dev |grep crt > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/Mcrt1.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/Scrt1.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcrt1.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/grcrt1.o > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rcrt1.o > root@z6:~> > >> Weirdly enough the compiler is ran once with -qversion, which is an >> AIX-only option, and once with -V, which is not valid either. > > > This is perfectly normal and the way autoconf works. It tries various > compiler options and runs various tests, including test compiles, > and checks the result. autoconf cannot know in advance what toolchain > and which operating system you are using, so it has to perform these > tests. The error messages are normally just redirected to /dev/null > and only show in config.log. Ah, thanks for the explanation! > >> Has anyone seen this already? (Note that I used Mint18.3 as >> development machine before and it just worked). > > > Yes, it's perfectly normal when you try to configure OpenJDK without > any of its build dependencies installed :). > :) Sure. As I wrote, I think the bug would be that configure does not display nice "you should run apt-get x" messages like it used to. > PS: If you are using a real Debian instead of Linux Mint, you get a > free Multi-Arch environment for free and can easily cross-build > OpenJDK for all the architectures found in Debian. Let me know > if you want me to write up a small HowTo. > Such a braindump from you would be surely welcome. ..Thomas > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
Hi Thomas! On 04/24/2018 02:50 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote: I got a configure error on a fresh, virgin Linux Mint 18.3 install. I have not yet installed anything on that box (the only thing I installed is autoconf). Have you tried "apt build-dep openjdk-9"? This should install all the necessary build dependencies. This fails at a point where normally I would get suggestions about which tools to install with apt-get (which, btw, is really nice). config.log contains this: (...) /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory You're missing the Debian package libc6-dev: root@z6:~> dpkg -L libc6-dev |grep crt /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/Mcrt1.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/Scrt1.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcrt1.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/grcrt1.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rcrt1.o root@z6:~> Weirdly enough the compiler is ran once with -qversion, which is an AIX-only option, and once with -V, which is not valid either. This is perfectly normal and the way autoconf works. It tries various compiler options and runs various tests, including test compiles, and checks the result. autoconf cannot know in advance what toolchain and which operating system you are using, so it has to perform these tests. The error messages are normally just redirected to /dev/null and only show in config.log. Has anyone seen this already? (Note that I used Mint18.3 as development machine before and it just worked). Yes, it's perfectly normal when you try to configure OpenJDK without any of its build dependencies installed :). PS: If you are using a real Debian instead of Linux Mint, you get a free Multi-Arch environment for free and can easily cross-build OpenJDK for all the architectures found in Debian. Let me know if you want me to write up a small HowTo. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
strange configure error on Linux Mint 18.3
Hi all, I got a configure error on a fresh, virgin Linux Mint 18.3 install. I have not yet installed anything on that box (the only thing I installed is autoconf). This fails at a point where normally I would get suggestions about which tools to install with apt-get (which, btw, is really nice). config.log contains this: --- Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-5 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5) configure:35364: $? = 0 configure:35353: /usr/bin/gcc -V >&5 gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V' gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:35364: $? = 1 configure:35353: /usr/bin/gcc -qversion >&5 gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion' gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:35364: $? = 1 configure:35384: checking whether the C compiler works configure:35406: /usr/bin/gcc -m64-m64 conftest.c >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc /usr/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status configure:35410: $? = 1 configure:35448: result: no configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "OpenJDK" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "openjdk" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "jdk9" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "OpenJDK jdk9" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "build-dev@openjdk.java.net" | #define PACKAGE_URL "http://openjdk.java.net"; | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:35453: error: in `/shared/projects/openjdk/jdk-jdk/output-fastdebug': configure:35455: error: C compiler cannot create executables - Weirdly enough the compiler is ran once with -qversion, which is an AIX-only option, and once with -V, which is not valid either. Has anyone seen this already? (Note that I used Mint18.3 as development machine before and it just worked). Thanks, Thomas