ports/178647: java/openjdk6 does not build (without extra hack)

[Ronald F. Guilmette]

The following reply was made to PR ports/178647; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
To: Jung-uk Kim <jkim at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org, freebsd-java at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/178647: java/openjdk6 does not build (without extra hack)
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:00 -0700

 In message <5192D78B.6090402 at FreeBSD.org>, you wrote:
 
 >On 2013-05-14 19:56:23 -0400, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
 >> 
 >> In message <5192C51B.9020509 at FreeBSD.org>, you wrote:
 >> 
 >>> MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER=1 is not necessary unless you forced it.
 >> 
 >> I do not know what you are talking about.  I did not "force"
 >> anything. I simply did:
 >> 
 >> portupgrade vlc
 >> 
 >> and then, in the configuration for vlc, there was an option to
 >> support Blu-Ray menus by using libbluray... or something like
 >> that... so I enabled that.
 >> 
 >> After that, portupgrade started to build the (new) dependencies for
 >> vlc and that is when I got the failure building java/openjdk6.
 >> 
 >> The bug exists, it is real, and I did not "force" anything.
 >> 
 >> I believe that anyone and everyone will experience the exact same 
 >> build failure as I reported if they also simply do what I did,
 >> i.e. freshen your ports tree via "portsnap fecth update", and then
 >> simply "portupgrade vlc" and then, in the config menu for vlc,
 >> enable blu-ray menu support.
 >
 >I understand your frustration but I can't reproduce the problem at
 >all.  In fact, I've heard/seen some intermittent complaints like this
 >before[1] but I was never able to reproduce anything like that. :-(
 
 Well, if you can't reproduce it, then I do understand that nothing
 can really be done.
 
 If I figure out a way to reliably reproduce it, I'll let you know.
 
 
 Regards,
 rfg