[DERBY-5984] Derby 10.8 branch does not build out-of-the-box using Oracle's Java 7 JDK on Mac OSX.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 10.8.1.2, 10.8.2.2, 10.8.3.0
• Component/s: Build tools
• Urgency: Normal
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Richard N. Hillegas
• Created: 06/Nov/12 16:16
• Updated: 20/Jun/13 19:41
• Resolved: 20/Jun/13 19:41

Description

If I try to build the 10.8 branch using Oracle's Java 7 for Mac OSX, the build fails as follows:

[setJdkProperties] Unrecognized VM vendor: 'Oracle Corporation'
[setJdkProperties] An attempt to configure the required JDKs will be made, but the build may fail.
[setJdkProperties] In case of problems:
[setJdkProperties] - consult BUILDING.html and set the required properties manually
[setJdkProperties] - set the property printCompilerProperties to true and ask the Derby development community for help
[setJdkProperties] (please provide the debug output from running ant)

BUILD FAILED
/Users/rh161140/derby/branches/10.8/build.xml:241: Don't know how to set java15compile.classpath, java16compile.classpath using this environment:

java.vendor = Oracle Corporation
java.home = /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_09.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
java.version = 1.7.0_09
os.name = Mac OS X
j14lib = null
j15lib = null
j16lib = null
jdkSearchPath = /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_09.jdk/Contents

Please consult BUILDING.html for instructions on how to set the compiler-classpath properties.

Total time: 1 second

The following facts about this branch do not seem to me to be consistent:

1) The release notes for 10.8.1, 10.8.2, and 10.8.3 state that JDBC 4.1 is a supported JDBC level, which implies support for Java 7.

2) The release notes for all 3 releases also state that Java SE versions are supported from 1.4 on up. Since 10.8.2 and 10.8.3 were released after Java 7 went live, this implies that those releases support Java 7.

3) But you can't build the source distribution of 10.8.3 using Java 7 on a major platform.

I don't think that 10.8.3 is worse than 10.8.2 in this regard so I would not flunk the 10.8.3 candidate for this defect. However, we should try to fix this problem in case we need to build another 10.8 release candidate.

Issue Links

• relates to: DERBY-5485 Simplify PropertySetter so that it is less brittle and easier to maintain.