Build Eclipse OpenJ9 on Windows

[mleipe]

It is desirable that Eclipse OpenJ9 build and run on Windows.

@vsebe is working on this.

Note that I've created a sibling issue in https://github.com/eclipse/openj9/ as some of the work may need to be done there.

[vsebe]

Depends on issues #31, #32, #44, #45, #47, #49, #50

[vsebe]

Follow the openjdk jdk9 instructions to set up the windows environment: see building.md.

Requirements:
Install:

• MSVS 2013 (ensure is properly installed, check environment variables: PATH, LIB, INCLUDE, VCINSTALLDIR)
• cygwin (devel package, zip, unzip)

Download:

• freetypes and unpack it locally (e.g. /cygdrive/c/tmp/freetype), see building.md for detailed instructions
• freemarker.jar from sourceforge.net and unpack it locally (e.g /cygdrive/c/tmp/freemarker.jar)
• java 8 for windows 64bits from AdoptOpenJDK and unzip it locally (e.g. /cygdrive/c/tmp/jdk8u144-b01)

Clone openj9-openjdk-jdk9 repository:
Open a cygwin terminal and clone the openj9-openjdk-jdk9 repository:

cd /cygdrive/c/tmp/
git clone https://github.com/ibmruntimes/openj9-openjdk-jdk9
cd openj9-openjdk-jdk9
bash get_source.sh

Run configure:
Assuming freetype source is available in /cygdrive/c/tmp/freetype, use --with-freetype-src option.

bash configure --disable-warnings-as-errors --with-boot-jdk=/cygdrive/c/tmp/jdk8u144-b01 --with-toolchain-version=2013 --with-freemarker-jar=/cygdrive/c/tmp/freemarker.jar --with-freetype-src=/cygdrive/c/tmp/freetype

If freetype is built, use --with-freetype-lib and --with-freetype-include options

bash configure --disable-warnings-as-errors --with-boot-jdk=/cygdrive/c/tmp/jdk8u144-b01 --with-toolchain-version=2013 --with-freemarker-jar=/cygdrive/c/tmp/freemarker.jar --with-freetype-lib=/cygdrive/c/tmp/freetype/lib64 --with-freetype-include=/cygdrive/c/tmp/freetype/include

Build:
make images

Run java -version:
./build/windows-x86_64-normal-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java -version

[gdams]

@vsebe any idea why this is failing for me? https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/openjdk9_openj9_build_x86-64_windows/3/console

[gdams]

also I wouldn't recommend building using one of our nighties as a boot JDK (https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html?variant=openjdk8#x64_win) would be a better binary to use

[vsebe]

The change merged in PR #66 breaks the build jdk on windows.
@gdams please wait until I fix it.

[vsebe]

Fixed.

[groeges]

@vsebe Is this still being worked on. If it is, what is still outstanding to get this working?

[cretz]

@vsebe, can you link to the issue tracking availability of prebuilt binaries on adoptopenjdk.com? Is it eclipse-openj9/openj9#55?

[vsebe]

@gdams any progress on https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/openjdk9_openj9_build_x86-64_windows/?

[gdams]

We are currently waiting on getting a build machine with VS2013. Our only build machine currently does everything on VS2010. Once we have that setup we should be able to start building

[pshipton]

Also note the performance of the Windows build won't be optimal because of eclipse-openj9/openj9#727

[pdbain-ibm]

Please add instructions for installing mingw, which is required in order to fix issue #727.

[pshipton]

@pdbain-ibm please provide those instructions, once you have it working. It would be a good idea to supply those instructions in a new issue, created on OpenJ9, and not here in this closed issue on the wrong repo.