++ build-dev On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 8:19 AM, - <liangchenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am a Windows 10 user trying to build OpenJDK HEAD > <https://github.com/openjdk/jdk> so that I can try to fix a bug in > javadoc. > > However, when I run make configure, my configure fails because it cannot > detect a regular microsoft visual studio installation, which contains > spaces in its directory name. > > I have tried to reinstall microsoft visual studio to a directory without > spaces in name and pointed VSCOMMTOOLS system var to that directory. It > succeeded but failed subsequently for other dependencies that have spaces > in directory names. > > I have determined that the problem arises after this commit: > d29c78da19ba78214efe9e7856cde30fdd9ba8ab > < > https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/d29c78da19ba78214efe9e7856cde30fdd9ba8ab > > > > When I checkout the commit before, 74be819 > < > https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/74be819088e13e244131cfb32d7d498ab213d075 > >, > when the "fixpath.c" was used rather than "fixpath.sh", I can run "make > configure" successfully, without failing for subsequent space problems. > > I think this problem lies within the "fixpath.sh" bash script. > Unfortunately, I am no good at shell. I hope Magnus Ihse Bursie, who did > the c to bash migration, can find a solution to this space in windows > directory name failing fixpath problem. > > Best, > liangchenb...@gmail.com > -- Anirvan
