#193 Compiling nice 0.9.13 fails on Mac OS X 10.4.11

[Simon Ruderich]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile nice 0.9.13 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 but it fails with the following error:

make complete
rm -f src/nice/tools/compiler/{console.jar,dateBuild.nice,Manifest}
rm -f nicepublish.jar regtest/*.jar
rm -rf classes classes-inline share/java src/bossa/parser/{Parse*.java,Token*.java,*CharStream.java}
rm -f bin/{nicedoc,niceunit}
if [ -r src/bossa/syntax/dispatch.java -a ! -r src/bossa/syntax/dispatch.java.bootstrap ]; then \
mv src/bossa/syntax/dispatch.java src/bossa/syntax/dispatch.java.bootstrap; fi
rm -f src/bossa/syntax/dispatch.java
find . \( -name "*.class" -o -name "*.nicei" -o -name "*~" \) -exec rm {} \;
mkdir -p classes classes-inline
ln -sf nicec bin/nicedoc; ln -sf nicec bin/niceunit
cd src/bossa/syntax && mv -f dispatch.java.bootstrap dispatch.java
javac -classpath "/Users/simonruderich/Documents/unix/macports/trunk/dports/lang/nice/work/nice-0.9.13.orig/classes:/Users/simonruderich/Documents/unix/macports/trunk/dports/lang/nice/work/nice-0.9.13.orig/classes.old" -sourcepath "/Users/simonruderich/Documents/unix/macports/trunk/dports/lang/nice/work/nice-0.9.13.orig/src:/Users/simonruderich/Documents/unix/macports/trunk/dports/lang/nice/work/nice-0.9.13.orig/stdlib" -O -g -d "/Users/simonruderich/Documents/unix/macports/trunk/dports/lang/nice/work/nice-0.9.13.orig/classes" src/nice/tools/util/System.java
Note: src/nice/tools/util/System.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
CLASSPATH=classes JAVA="java -Dnice.inlined=classes-inline" bin/nicec.bootstrap --exclude-runtime -d classes.old --sourcepath=stdlib.old:stdlib:src.old:src --classpath=classes -R nice.tools.repository
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:268)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:268)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
at nice.lang.dispatch.printStackTraceWithSourceInfo(Unknown Source)
at nice.tools.compiler.console.dispatch.main(Unknown Source)
make[1]: *** [core-bootstrap] Error 1
make: *** [src/nice/tools/compiler/console.jar] Error 2

I'm using the following java version and compiler:

java version "1.5.0_13"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-b05-241)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_13-121, mixed mode, sharing)

If you need more information just tell me.

Thanks for your help,
Simon

[Artem Grinblat]

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Might be an old version of bootstrap nice compiler?
Usually you have to download the latest version of the compiler.
Try http://nice.sourceforge.net/nice-current.jar

[Simon Ruderich]

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Thanks, using the version from http://nice.sourceforge.net/nice-current.jar and replacing external/nice-bootstrap.jar worked fine and I could install nice on Mac OS X.

But why is the distributed version of nice (in external/nice-bootstrap.jar) outdated and doesn't work to compile its own version? Can this be fixed (for the next release)?

Thanks,
Simon