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Builds on #897; until that is merged, this pull request also shows its changes.

With #897, java/Makefile and every test Makefile fail as soon as they are read if there is no JDK, so even make clean requires a JDK. With this pull request, java/java-home.mk defines CHECKED_JAVA_HOME, which is JAVA_HOME if it contains a JDK, and otherwise reports the problem (no JDK found, or a JAVA_HOME that is not a JDK) when it is expanded. The variables for JDK tools (JAVA, JAVAC, JAVADOC, JAR, and the variables built from them) use CHECKED_JAVA_HOME, both in java/Makefile and, via tests/Makefile.jdk, in the test Makefiles; so does the top-level Makefile's JDK_BIN. The error therefore happens only when a command that runs a JDK tool is expanded. Without a JDK, JAVA_RELEASE_NUMBER is 0 and every JAVANN_OR_NEWER is 0.

Variables that are built from the tool variables are now recursively expanded (= or += rather than :=), so they do not expand CHECKED_JAVA_HOME when the Makefile is read.

A JAVA_HOME that contains a space, and a JDK older than Java 8, are still reported immediately.

* 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.
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.
- 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.
java-home.mk defines JAVA_VERSION_STRING, JAVA_RELEASE_NUMBER, and the
function java_at_least.  They replace the separate version computations in
the top-level Makefile, java/Makefile, and tests/Makefile.common, which used
whichever java or javac was on the PATH.
java/Makefile and the top-level Makefile run java, javac, javadoc, and jar
from the JDK at JAVA_HOME rather than from the PATH, so the tools agree
with the computed Java version.

CHECKED_JAVA_HOME reports a missing JDK only when a command that uses it is
expanded, so targets such as "clean" work without a JDK.

DAIKON_JAVA_HOME is the value of JAVA_HOME when java-home.mk is included;
commands use it, so they agree with the version variables even if a
project Makefile later reassigns JAVA_HOME.
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The Makefiles now share JDK selection and validation through java/java-home.mk. Production builds use the selected JDK and its release variables for Java tools and version-dependent source handling. Test compilation passes TEST_JAVAC_ARGS to relevant compiler commands. Test Makefiles load JDK configuration relative to their own locations.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in Makefile: DAIKONDIR is now assigned before Makefile.user is included; previously the include occurred first.
  • observed — Modified behavior in Makefile: Adds lazy JDK_BIN initialization: its first expansion includes java/java-home.mk and uses CHECKED_JAVA_HOME/bin. Removes the eager Java-release detection assignment.
  • observed — Modified behavior in Makefile: Removes the JDK-release check that filtered %24.java from DAIKON_JAVA_FILES on releases below 24; the source list is no longer filtered by that condition.
  • observed — Modified behavior in Makefile: quick-test now invokes javac and each java command through JDK_BIN instead of resolving those tools from PATH.
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mernst and others added 8 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.
…jndael Makefile

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…p-level Makefile no longer needs a JDK

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… tools consistently; cache the Java version for recursive makes
@mernst mernst changed the title Run Java tools from JAVA_HOME; report a missing JDK only when needed Report a missing JDK only when a command needs it Oct 11, 2026
…n explicit JAVA_HOME; find DAIKONDIR before including Makefile.user

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…from a user-set JAVAC in tests

tests/Makefile.jdk is now a thin wrapper around java/java-home.mk.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…gs once, in java-home.mk

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Use CHECKED_JAVA_HOME in tests/Makefile.jdk and for the top-level JDK_BIN, and
make the test Makefiles' variables that use JAVA recursively expanded.
…lative to each test Makefile; do not redefine JDK_BIN while expanding it
… in Makefile.user

Makefile.jdk treats a JAVAC set before it is included as the user's choice
of JDK, but the junit Makefile.user files set JAVAC in terms of
CHECKED_JAVA_HOME, which was not yet defined.
# Conflicts:
#	Makefile
#	java/Makefile
#	java/java-home.mk
#	tests/daikon-tests/junit/Makefile.user
#	tests/daikon-tests/junit5/Makefile.user

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Use CHECKED_JAVA_HOME in showvars for the JDK version commands.

Without a JDK, java-home.mk can leave JAVA_HOME empty. In that case, these recipes run /bin/java -version and /bin/javac -version. The shell then prints an unclear "No such file or directory" error. Other JDK commands in this change use ${CHECKED_JAVA_HOME}, which reports "No JDK found". Use the same variable here, so that the error is consistent.

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--- "a/java/Makefile"
+++ "b/java/Makefile"
@@ -1368,8 +1368,8 @@
 	@echo PATH = $${PATH}
 
 	@echo JAVA_HOME = ${JAVA_HOME}
-	${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -version 2>&1
-	${JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac -version
+	${CHECKED_JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -version 2>&1
+	${CHECKED_JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac -version
 	@echo JAVA = ${JAVA}
 	@echo JAVA_COMMAND = ${JAVA_COMMAND}
 	@echo JAVAC = ${JAVAC}
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