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In a Makefile, $(/usr/libexec/java_home) is a reference to an undefined make variable, not shell command substitution, so on macOS JAVA_HOME was set to the empty string. The same JAVA_HOME detection code was copied into four Makefiles, and the top-level Makefile, java/Makefile, and tests/Makefile.common each computed the Java version differently, from whichever java or javac was on the PATH.

  • A new fragment, java/java-home.mk, is included by java/Makefile and tests/Makefile.common. tests/Makefile.common includes it after Makefile.user, so Makefile.user can set JAVA_HOME. The junit and junit5 Makefile.user files no longer duplicate the detection.
    • If JAVA_HOME is unset or empty, it asks the javac on the PATH for its java.home. This works for wrapper scripts (jenv, asdf, mise) and for the macOS /usr/bin/javac stub.
    • It strips a trailing /jre from JAVA_HOME (for JDK 8), and fails clearly if JAVA_HOME does not contain bin/javac.
    • It sets JAVA_VERSION_STRING_WITH_EA, JAVA_VERSION_STRING, and JAVA_RELEASE_NUMBER from the JDK at JAVA_HOME. Recursive invocations of make reuse the version rather than running javac again.
  • java/Makefile runs java, javac, javadoc, and jar from the JDK at JAVA_HOME, so the tools agree with the version variables. The google-java-format scripts run with ${JAVA_HOME}/bin first on the PATH.
  • The top-level Makefile uses the java, javac, and jar at JAVA_HOME if it is set and otherwise those on the PATH. It no longer needs a JDK to compute the Java version. The distribution includes java/java-home.mk.

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* On macOS, use $(shell /usr/libexec/java_home); `$(/usr/libexec/java_home)`
  is a reference to an undefined make variable, so JAVA_HOME was empty.
* Compute JAVA_HOME once, with ":=", and locate javac with a single shell
  command.
* tests/Makefile.common sets JAVA_HOME before including Makefile.user, so the
  junit and junit5 Makefile.user files no longer duplicate the detection.
  A missing JDK is reported only when JAVA or JAVAC is expanded, so targets
  such as "clean" work without a JDK.
* java/Makefile fails clearly if no JDK is found.
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The change adds shared Java home detection and release parsing. Build and test Makefiles use this configuration to select Java tools and apply release checks. Test compilation commands accept TEST_JAVAC_ARGS, and test Makefiles resolve JDK setup relative to their own locations. Distribution packaging includes the shared Makefile. TraceSelect scans Daikon options, skips recognized option values, and skips only the recorded input trace when invoking Daikon.

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The default build tools become more consistent, and trace arguments are forwarded more accurately. No introduced security vulnerability was established in the inspected changes. External caller trust and build-environment ownership remain unverified.

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  • inferred — Newly forwarded .dtrace-suffixed option values can reach existing downstream file-reading behavior, such as --files_from. This is a real behavioral expansion, but the base already forwarded these options with other filenames. The old suffix filtering is not established as an authorization control, so this comparison does not support an introduced file-access bypass.

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  • inferred — Build execution continues to trust locally supplied environment and Makefile.user tool choices. Centralization changes which selected executable descendants use, but does not establish a new authenticated or sandboxed boundary. The base already executed PATH-resolved Java tools and accepted explicit overrides.

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  • observed — TraceSelect's public programmatic entrypoint retains class-global invocation state, cleanup outside a finally block, and swallowed process interruption. These lifecycle limitations predate this PR and are not established as newly exposed security concerns. The new argument index improves selected-input identity during a single invocation but does not introduce isolation for repeated or concurrent calls.
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🟠 Major · Defer the Java version check for JDK-free targets. · Makefile.common:258-260

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Defer the Java version check for JDK-free targets.

JAVA_VERSION_STRING, JAVA_RELEASE_NUMBER, and JAVA8_OR_NEWER are evaluated while Make parses the file. The unguarded ifneq then raises $(error ...) before any recipe runs, including for make clean, when no JDK is installed. Guard or defer this check for targets that do not need Java.

The check predates this PR, but it still conflicts with the stated JDK-free cleanup behavior.

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- Line 29: Update the JAVA_HOME conditional in the JDK detection flow to treat
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Detect JAVA_HOME by asking the JVM that runs javac, which handles wrapper
scripts and Homebrew JDKs; fall back to /usr/libexec/java_home on macOS.
Check that JAVA_HOME contains bin/javac.  In the tests, fix the JDK after
Makefile.user is included, use it for the version check, and omit
nonexistent jars from JAVALIB_CLASSPATH.
java/Makefile and tests/Makefile.common include java/java-home.mk, which
asks the JVM that runs javac for its home directory, so that a javac
wrapper script (as used by jenv, asdf, or mise) works.  If the user set
JAVA_HOME, it warns when the javac on the PATH is in a different JDK.
scripts/daikon.bashrc uses the same logic.

In the tests, the Java version check uses the JDK in JAVA_HOME and is
skipped when there is no JDK, so that targets such as "clean" work
without one.  JAVALIB_CLASSPATH contains only jar files that exist.

This incorporates the changes of codespecs#896.
@mernst mernst changed the title Find JAVA_HOME robustly in Makefiles Share robust JAVA_HOME detection among Makefiles Oct 11, 2026
- java-home.mk exports JAVA_HOME, defines CHECKED_JAVA_HOME lazily, and reads
  JAVA_VERSION_STRING and JAVA_RELEASE_NUMBER from $JAVA_HOME/release.
- java/Makefile uses the JDK at JAVA_HOME for java, javac, javadoc, and jar,
  so the version and the --system directory agree with the compiler.
- The PATH-vs-JAVA_HOME warning runs once, after Makefile.user, and only
  when JAVA_HOME contains a JDK.
- tests/Makefile.common includes java-home.mk after Makefile.user and drops
  TESTS_JAVA_HOME.
- daikon.bashrc always exports JAVA_HOME and warns if it is not a JDK.
- The staging target fails if Javadoc was not built.
- java-home.mk falls back to "java -version" when the JDK has no "release"
  file (as in Debian/Ubuntu OpenJDK 8), and fails if a Java installation's
  version cannot be determined, rather than silently treating it as 0.
- java-home.mk defines java_at_least, used by all Makefiles instead of
  repeated shell tests; the major version is computed without a shell.
- JAVA_HOME detection first uses the JDK containing the javac on the PATH,
  and starts a JVM only if that fails.  daikon.bashrc does the same.
- DAIKON_JAVA_HOME snapshots JAVA_HOME, so commands and version variables
  agree even if a Makefile later reassigns JAVA_HOME.
- The PATH-vs-JAVA_HOME check also covers java, recognizes JDKs without a
  "release" file, and reruns when JAVA_HOME or PATH changes.
- The top-level Makefile runs java, javac, and jar from JAVA_HOME.
Simplify the detection: follow the javac on the PATH to its JDK, or use
/usr/libexec/java_home on macOS, without starting a JVM.

Java version computation, using JAVA_HOME's tools, the PATH-vs-JAVA_HOME
warning, and small unrelated fixes move to separate pull requests.
@mernst mernst changed the title Share robust JAVA_HOME detection among Makefiles Share JAVA_HOME detection among Makefiles Oct 11, 2026
mernst and others added 2 commits October 10, 2026 19:45
…kon.bashrc POSIX-compatible

- Find JAVA_HOME via javac -J-XshowSettings:properties instead of path heuristics.
- Use ${JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac to determine the Java version.
- Error only if JAVA_HOME cannot be inferred; warn if it is not a JDK.
- Handle spaces in JAVA_HOME; move the checks into java-home.mk.
- Make daikon.bashrc work when sourced from dash (scripts/test-distribution.sh).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…idate JAVA_HOME

- java/Makefile runs java, javac, javadoc, and jar from JAVA_HOME, so they
  agree with the detected Java version.
- The release target selects the Javadoc JDK via JAVA_HOME.
- java-home.mk stops if JAVA_HOME is not a JDK, and computes
  JAVA_RELEASE_NUMBER with one javac invocation; Makefile, tests/Makefile.common,
  and rijndael/Makefile use it.
- On macOS, use /usr/libexec/java_home rather than running the javac stub.
- Restore the readlink fallback for a javac that does not support -XshowSettings.
- tests/Makefile.common finds java-home.mk relative to itself.
- daikon.bashrc checks for a JDK before exporting JAVA_HOME.

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…p-level Makefile no longer needs a JDK

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… tools consistently; cache the Java version for recursive makes
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…n explicit JAVA_HOME; find DAIKONDIR before including Makefile.user

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…from a user-set JAVAC in tests

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Skip the argument of Daikon options such as --config and -o when scanning
for the .dtrace file, pass Daikon options that precede the trace to Daikon,
and omit only the sampled trace (not every .dtrace argument) when invoking
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