I tried to build Maxine VM without docker, following the instructions presented on Building Maxine without Docker, only to find some errors.
$ mx build
JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10
1 unsatisfied dependencies were removed from build (use -v to list them)
Compiling com.oracle.mxtool.junit with javac-daemon(JDK 1.8)... [/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/bin/com/oracle/mxtool/junit/ModuleSupport.class does not exist]
Building com.oracle.jvmtiasmagent_amd64 with Ninja... [dependencies were added, removed or re-ordered]
/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/java/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/src/com/oracle/mxtool/junit/FullThreadDumpDecorator.java:83: error: cannot find symbol
ti.getPriority(),
^
symbol: method getPriority()
location: variable ti of type ThreadInfo
/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/java/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/src/com/oracle/mxtool/junit/FullThreadDumpDecorator.java:82: error: cannot find symbol
ti.isDaemon() ? "daemon" : "",
^
symbol: method isDaemon()
location: variable ti of type ThreadInfo
2 errors
Compiling com.oracle.mxtool.junit with javac-daemon(JDK 1.8): Failed due to error: 1
Compiling com.oracle.mxtool.junit with javac-daemon(JDK 1.8) failed
1 build tasks failed
$ mx -v build
OS variant detected: none
[project com.oracle.mxtool.junit.jdk9 was removed as JDK 9 is not available]
[com.oracle.mxtool.junit.jdk9 was removed from distribution JUNIT_TOOL]
JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10
Dependencies removed from build:
project com.oracle.mxtool.junit.jdk9 was removed as JDK 9 is not available
Starting daemon for /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10/bin/java [-d64]
[all files are up to date - skipping com.oracle.mxtool.compilerserver]
/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10/bin/java -d64 -cp /mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.compilerserver/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10/lib/tools.jar com.oracle.mxtool.compilerserver.JavacDaemon -v -j 8
Started server on port 40525 [8 threads]
[Started javac-daemon on port 40525 for Java 1.8.0_222 (1.8) from /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10]
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Cleaning /mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/com.oracle.mxtool.junit...
Cleaning /mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/bin...
[all files are up to date - skipping com.oracle.graal.debug.test]
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Compiling com.oracle.mxtool.junit with javac-daemon(JDK 1.8)... [/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/bin/com/oracle/mxtool/junit/ModuleSupport.class does not exist]
/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10/bin/javac -g -d /mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/bin -classpath /root/.mx/cache/HAMCREST_42a25dc3219429f0e5d060061f71acb49bf010a0/hamcrest.jar:/root/.mx/cache/JUNIT_2973d150c0dc1fefe998f834810d68f278ea58ec/junit.jar -parameters -proc:none -target 1.8 -source 1.8 @/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/javafilelist.txt -Xlint:all,-auxiliaryclass,-processing,-options -XDignore.symbol.file -Werror -encoding UTF-8 -Xmaxerrs 10000
Compiling -g -d /mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/bin -classpath /root/.mx/cache/HAMCREST_42a25dc3219429f0e5d060061f71acb49bf010a0/hamcrest.jar:/root/.mx/cache/JUNIT_2973d150c0dc1fefe998f834810d68f278ea58ec/junit.jar -parameters -proc:none -target 1.8 -source 1.8 @/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/jdk8/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/javafilelist.txt -Xlint:all,-auxiliaryclass,-processing,-options -XDignore.symbol.file -Werror -encoding UTF-8 -Xmaxerrs 10000
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Checking whether to build com.oracle.jvmtiasmagent_amd64 with Ninja...
# Directory: /mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mxbuild/linux-amd64-jdk8/com.oracle.jvmtiasmagent/amd64
env MX__SUITEMODEL=sibling MX_HOME=/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx MX_PRIMARY_SUITE_PATH=/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/maxine MX_SUBPROCESS_COMMAND_FILE=/tmp/mx_subprocess_command.2IPZO3 \
ninja -j 1 -n -d explain
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/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/java/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/src/com/oracle/mxtool/junit/FullThreadDumpDecorator.java:83: error: cannot find symbol
ti.getPriority(),
^
symbol: method getPriority()
location: variable ti of type ThreadInfo
/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/java/com.oracle.mxtool.junit/src/com/oracle/mxtool/junit/FullThreadDumpDecorator.java:82: error: cannot find symbol
ti.isDaemon() ? "daemon" : "",
^
symbol: method isDaemon()
location: variable ti of type ThreadInfo
2 errors
Result = 1
[exit code: 1]
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 17916, in <module>
main()
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 17897, in main
retcode = c(command_args)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx_commands.py", line 147, in __call__
return self.command_function(*args, **kwargs)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/maxine/mx.maxine/mx_maxine.py", line 98, in build
mx.build(['--warning-as-error'] + args)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 14542, in build
task.proc.start()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 130, in start
self._popen = Popen(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/forking.py", line 126, in __init__
code = process_obj._bootstrap()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 267, in _bootstrap
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 114, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 14523, in executeTask
task.execute()
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 5162, in execute
_built = self.build()
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 7585, in build
self.compiler.compile(self.compileArgs)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 7957, in compile
return self.daemon.compile(nonJvmArgs)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 8060, in compile
abort(retcode)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 4137, in abort
traceback.print_stack()
Compiling com.oracle.mxtool.junit with javac-daemon(JDK 1.8): Failed due to error: 1
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Compiling com.oracle.mxtool.junit with javac-daemon(JDK 1.8) failed
[Stopped javac-daemon on port 40525 for Java 1.8.0_222 (1.8) from /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-8u222-b10]
Shutting down
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 17916, in <module>
main()
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 17897, in main
retcode = c(command_args)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx_commands.py", line 147, in __call__
return self.command_function(*args, **kwargs)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/maxine/mx.maxine/mx_maxine.py", line 98, in build
mx.build(['--warning-as-error'] + args)
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 14585, in build
abort('{0} build tasks failed'.format(len(failed)))
File "/mnt/d/platformX/maxine-src/mx/mx.py", line 4137, in abort
traceback.print_stack()
1 build tasks failed