(I'm resending this as it does not seem to have reached build-dev; I apologize it this is a dup.)
Unfortunately JDK-8065912 broke ar, at least on solaris. In spec.gmk on posix platforms, we find AR_OUT_OPTION:=rcs$(SPACE) However, in JDK-8065912, the definition of SPACE moved from spec.gmk to MakeBase.gmk. But since spec.gmk typically is included ahead of MakeBase.gmk, SPACE will be undefined when AR_OUT_OPTION is evaluated. The short-term fix is to restore the definition of SPACE to spec.gmk. Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8137013 Patch inline: diff --git a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in b/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in --- a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in +++ b/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ # A self-referential reference to this file. SPEC:=@SPEC@ +# SPACE is defined in MakeBase.gmk, but it is also used in := rules here for some +# toolchains, and is needed if MakeBase.gmk is not included before this file. +X:= +SPACE:=$(X) $(X) + # What make to use for main processing, after bootstrapping top-level Makefile. MAKE := @MAKE@ /Magnus
