Re: [rvm-research] Unable to produce working build of Jikes - Ubuntu Precise 32 bit

Thanks Erik & Andreas. To clarify, I was just including the bit about other VMs there for context - I understand that Jikes only supports GNU class path right now. Using the most recent version from mercurial worked - I was able to build and get it to run some trivial programs.

To address the other questions (now irrelevant to me, since it’s working using the HEAD version):
For the build issues on 64 bit unix + OS X, it looked mostly like dependency mayhem on my side. I don’t mind using the 32 bit version though.

I added -verbose:jni when invoking Jikes, and got no additional output. 

On Jul 3, 2014, at 5:17 AM, Erik Brangs wrote:
> iHi,
> 
> On 03.07.2014 05:15, Jonathan Bell wrote:
>>  I have spent the better part of my day trying to get a working build of Jikes, and trying to search the internet for information that may guide me, but to no avail - so my apologies if this information is documented elsewhere.
> 
> If the User Guide is not sufficient to solve a build problem (and in your case it isn't), it's best to ask questions on this mailing list.
> 
>>  I am trying to build Jikes so that I can evaluate whether my JVM taint tracking system [1] works with Jikes (I have since gotten it working with Hotspot 7/8, Icedtea 7/8, Kaffe 6 and Harmony 6).
> 
> Just for the record, support for Apache Harmony is currently broken in the Jikes RVM. It's unlikely to get fixed because Apache Harmony is no longer developed.
> 
>> I am using a VM with Ubuntu “precise” 32 bit. I am able to get a successful build of Jikes 3.1.3, but then when I try to run it (the as built version, before I try to do anything with my taint tracking system), I get the message "Exception in thread “Jikes_RBoot_Thread”” and no further information (Jikes hangs).
> 
> Does this also occur with the newest version from the repository?
> 
> If it does, the next step could be to exclude a problem with the optimizing compiler by reproducing the problem with the prototype configuration.
> 
>> I have tried both the development and production builds. I am willing to try with a different version of a different distribution (or architecture - I first tried OS X 64 bit and then Ubuntu 64 bit but had significant issues building).
> 
> We might be able to help you with the build issues if you give us more information. Where did the build fail? Any error messages? Which host configurations are you using?
> 
>>  Any pointers would be useful. I’ve also attached below the complete log that I get when setting verboseBoot to max.
> 
> It seems like the VM fails during the load of the "javaio" library via JNI in org.jikesrvm.VM.boot(). You can add "-verbose:jni" to the command line arguments to confirm that. The first few lines in boot sequence after "Running late class initializers" should be:
> 
> [Dynamic-linking native method org.jikesrvm.runtime.DynamicLibrary.runJNI_OnLoad (Lorg/vmmagic/unboxed/Address;)I
> [Loaded native library: ./libjavaio.so]
> running class intializer for java.lang.Math
> invoking method < BootstrapCL, Ljava/lang/Math; >.<clinit> ()V
> [Loaded native library: ./libjavalang.so]
> running class intializer for java.util.TreeMap
> invoking method < BootstrapCL, Ljava/util/TreeMap; >.<clinit> ()V
> running class intializer for gnu.java.nio.VMChannel
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Erik Brangs
> 


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