----- Original Message ----- > On 8/08/2012 8:54 PM, Dalibor Topic wrote: > > $ export > > ALT_BOOTDIR=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home > > $ time make | tee 7u6b23build.log > > [snip] > > Doing vm.make build: > > All done. > > cd bsd_amd64_compiler2/product&& ./test_gamma > > Error occurred during initialization of VM > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:432) > > at java.lang.System.initProperties(Native Method) > > at java.lang.System.initializeSystemClass(System.java:1115) > > > > Using java runtime at: > > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home/jre > > make[6]: *** [product] Error 1 > > make[5]: *** [generic_build2] Error 2 > > make[4]: *** [product] Error 2 > > make[3]: *** [all_product_universal] Error 2 > > make[2]: *** [universal_product] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [hotspot-build] Error 2 > > make: *** [build_product_image] Error 2 > > > > real 43m59.056s > > user 16m47.436s > > sys 2m44.408s > > > > > > -> It seems like it's using the wrong java runtime to run > > test_gamma to begin with, right? > > Right. After the hashtable changes the minimum requirement for the > JDK > runtime went up. > > David > > > > cheers, > > dalibor topic >
This looks like the error I saw if the JDK has the newer java.lang.String: changeset: 5315:e1c679a00712 user: mduigou date: Thu May 17 10:06:19 2012 -0700 summary: 6924259: Remove offset and count fields from java.lang.String but HotSpot doesn't have support for it. Hit the same thing while getting the older Zero HotSpot to work with u6. -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
