Re: java: switch to icedtea-8 as default JDK

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

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I've built the whole covering on my wip-change-default-java8 branch.
The covering is 42 packages.
19 builds fine.
19 does not build because java-hamcrest-core does not build.
I'll have a look at this first, this is the most critical.
This is the issue link for reference:
https://github.com/Boskovits/guix/issues/16

2017-12-13 19:04 GMT+01:00 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>:

> The patches I made:
>
> This is the trivial:
>
> From f53ad84059786e0769a21a3a90a15189bcf2d61f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?UTF-8?q?G=C3=A1bor=20Boskovits?= <boskovits@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:18:37 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Change java toolchain defaults to use java8.
>
> * gnu/packages/java.scm(icedtea): Point to icedtea-8.
> * gnu/packages/java.scm(ant): Point to ant/java8.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/java.scm | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
> index 6dfe554f3..547cc2dc1 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
> @@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ IcedTea build harness.")
>                   '("jdk" "openjdk-src" "corba-drop" "jaxp-drop" "jaxws-drop"
>                     "jdk-drop" "langtools-drop" "hotspot-drop")))))))
>
> -(define-public icedtea icedtea-7)
> +(define-public icedtea icedtea-8)
>
>  \f
>  (define-public ant/java8
> @@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ IcedTea build harness.")
>      (native-inputs
>       `(("jdk" ,icedtea-7 "jdk")))))
>
> -(define-public ant ant/java7)
> +(define-public ant ant/java8)
>
>  (define-public ant-apache-bcel
>    (package
>
>
> This is what I'd like to have your opinions on, is it ok to do it this way, or should I rethink it
>
> (I like this, because this way we can leave ant-build-system alone, and handling of
>
> default version in java.scm became consistent):
>
> From 1629a53ac5122d229b157a33806264772f18f6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?UTF-8?q?G=C3=A1bor=20Boskovits?= <boskovits@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:13:58 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu:add ant/java7.
>
> * gnu/packages/java.scm(ant/java7): New variable.
> * gnu/packages/java.scm(ant): Changed variable semantics to point to default ant.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/java.scm | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
> index 0be488dec..6dfe554f3 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
> @@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ IcedTea build harness.")
>
>  ;; The 1.9.x series is the last that can be built with GCJ.  The 1.10.x series
>  ;; requires Java 8.
> -(define-public ant
> +(define-public ant/java7
>    (package (inherit ant/java8)
>      (version "1.9.9")
>      (source (origin
> @@ -1754,6 +1754,8 @@ IcedTea build harness.")
>      (native-inputs
>       `(("jdk" ,icedtea-7 "jdk")))))
>
> +(define-public ant ant/java7)
> +
>  (define-public ant-apache-bcel
>    (package
>      (inherit ant/java8)
>
>
> 2017-12-13 12:07 GMT+01:00 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> It was getting quite intractable to see what I was doing, so I started to
>> fill my github issue tracker. Issues are labeled with change-default-java8.
>>
>>
>> 2017-12-13 11:32 GMT+01:00 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>:
>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 06:06:52PM -0800, Chris Marusich wrote:
>>> > Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:
>>> >
>>> > > I will wait for your results for now...
>>> >
>>> ....
>>> >
>>> > * kodi@18.0_alpha-7-67fd70f: failed because of "potential infinite
>>> >   recursion"; also it seems that it's looking for a DTD on the Internet
>>> >   when instead it should be looking to find it in the inputs.
>>> >
>>> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> > [3684/3799] Linking default/source3/modules/libvfs_module_worm.so
>>> > [3685/3799] Linking default/source3/modules/libvfs
>>> _module_crossrename.so
>>> > [3686/3799] Linking default/source3/modules/libvfs_module_cap.so
>>> > [3687/3799] Linking default/source3/modules/libvfs_module_catia.so
>>> > [3688/3799] pidl.1: pidl/pidl -> bin/default/pidl/pidl.1
>>> > [3689/3799] Parse::Pidl::Dump.3: pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Dump.pm ->
>>> bin/default/pidl/Parse::Pidl::Dump.3
>>> > [3690/3799] Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::Conformance.3:
>>> pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Wireshark/Conformance.pm ->
>>> bin/default/pidl/Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::Conformance.3
>>> > [3691/3799] Parse::Pidl::Util.3: pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Util.pm ->
>>> bin/default/pidl/Parse::Pidl::Util.3
>>> > [3692/3799] Parse::Pidl::NDR.3: pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/NDR.pm ->
>>> bin/default/pidl/Parse::Pidl::NDR.3
>>> > [3693/3799] Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::NDR.3:
>>> pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/Wireshark/NDR.pm -> bin/default/pidl/Parse::Pidl::
>>> Wireshark::NDR.3
>>> > [3694/3799] Generating manpages/smb.conf.5
>>> > I/O error : Attempt to load network entity
>>> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd
>>> > default/docs-xml/manpages/smb.conf.5.xml:2: warning: failed to load
>>> external entity "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
>>> > D DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/doc
>>> book/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
>>> >
>>>         ^
>>> > runtime error: file /gnu/store/q0irgfv31s8m9s54zrc
>>> 908qb4cim08cg-docbook-xsl-1.79.1/xml/xsl/docbook-xsl-1.79.1/lib/lib.xsl
>>> line 58 element choose
>>> > xsltApplySequenceConstructor: A potential infinite template recursion
>>> was detected.
>>> > You can adjust xsltMaxDepth (--maxdepth) in order to raise the maximum
>>> number of nested template calls and variables/params (currently set to
>>> 3000).
>>> > Templates:
>>> > #0 name string.subst
>>> > #1 name string.subst
>>> > #2 name string.subst
>>> > #3 name string.subst
>>> > #4 name string.subst
>>> > #5 name string.subst
>>> > #6 name string.subst
>>> > #7 name string.subst
>>> > #8 name string.subst
>>> > #9 name string.subst
>>> > #10 name string.subst
>>> > #11 name string.subst
>>> > #12 name string.subst
>>> > #13 name string.subst
>>> > #14 name string.subst
>>> > Variables:
>>> > #0
>>> > replacement
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #1
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #2
>>> > string
>>> > #3
>>> > replacement
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #4
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #5
>>> > string
>>> > #6
>>> > replacement
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #7
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #8
>>> > string
>>> > #9
>>> > replacement
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #10
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #11
>>> > string
>>> > #12
>>> > replacement
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #13
>>> > target
>>> > string
>>> > #14
>>> > string
>>> > error: file default/docs-xml/manpages/smb.conf.5.xml
>>> > xsltRunStylesheet : run failed
>>> > Waf: Leaving directory `/tmp/guix-build-samba-4.7.3.d
>>> rv-0/samba-4.7.3/bin'
>>> > Build failed:  -> task failed (err #11):
>>> >       {task: manpages/smb.conf.5 smb.conf.5.xml,parameters.all.xml ->
>>> smb.conf.5}
>>> > make: *** [Makefile:8: all] Error 1
>>> > phase `build' failed after 1063.6 seconds
>>> > note: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-samba-4.7.3.drv-0'
>>> > builder for `/gnu/store/k3ykppkqdw6gyj115q
>>> jhbi50fa6hx317-samba-4.7.3.drv' failed with exit code 1
>>> > @ build-failed /gnu/store/k3ykppkqdw6gyj115qjhbi50fa6hx317-samba-4.7.3.drv
>>> - 1 builder for `/gnu/store/k3ykppkqdw6gyj115q
>>> jhbi50fa6hx317-samba-4.7.3.drv' failed with exit code 1
>>> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>> >
>>> > I have not begun troubleshooting any of these existing issues yet.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Chris
>>>
>>> I tested building samba on aarch64 on core-updates and it failed in the
>>> same manner. For the purposes of updating the default JRE I would ignore
>>> it and the resulting not being able to build kodi.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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