The JavaFX overlay of the j2sdk-image isn't done properly on the mac builds, thus jfxrt.jar file (and possibly other JavaFX files) is missing from the mac builds, whereas they are present on other platforms. This has caused some tests to fail on an unexpected subset of the platforms in the JDK 9 nightly builds. See comments from Stuart Marks on 2014-03-10 for a full explanation.
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TESTFAIL:java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java
The test java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java failed in nighlty. see log:
#section:script_messages
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JDK under test: (/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk)
java version "1.9.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.9.0-ea-langtools-nightly-h167-20140309-b04-b00)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 25.0-b62, mixed mode)
#section:compile
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command: compile -Xlint:unchecked -Werror /Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java
reason: User specified action: run compile -Xlint:unchecked -Werror BasicUnit.java
elapsed time (seconds): 0.02
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DISPLAY=sc11152338.us.oracle.com:1 \\
HOME=/Users/aurora \\
LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \\
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin \\
TZ=PST8PDT \\
/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk/bin/javac \\
-J-ea \\
-J-esa \\
-J-Xmx512m \\
-J-d32 \\
-J-Dtest.vm.opts='-ea -esa -Xmx512m' \\
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-J-Dtest.src.path=/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.src=/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.tool.vm.opts='-J-ea -J-esa -J-Xmx512m' \\
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-J-Dtest.timeout.factor=4.0 \\
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-J-Dtest.class.path.prefix=/Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass:/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.jdk=/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk \\
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-J-Dtest.compiler.opts= \\
-d /Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass -classpath /Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass:/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass:/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk/lib/tools.jar -sourcepath /Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass -Xlint:unchecked -Werror /Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java
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warning: Supported source version 'RELEASE_8' from annotation processor 'com.sun.javafx.fxml.annotation.FXMLAnnotationProcessor' less than -source '1.9'
error: warnings found and -Werror specified
1 error
1 warning
result: Failed. Compilation failed: Compilation failed
test result: Failed. Compilation failed: Compilation failed
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TESTFAIL:java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java
The test java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java failed in nighlty. see log:
#section:script_messages
----------messages:(5/217)----------
JDK under test: (/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk)
java version "1.9.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.9.0-ea-langtools-nightly-h167-20140309-b04-b00)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 25.0-b62, mixed mode)
#section:compile
----------messages:(3/233)----------
command: compile -Xlint:unchecked -Werror /Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java
reason: User specified action: run compile -Xlint:unchecked -Werror BasicUnit.java
elapsed time (seconds): 0.02
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DISPLAY=sc11152338.us.oracle.com:1 \\
HOME=/Users/aurora \\
LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \\
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin \\
TZ=PST8PDT \\
/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk/bin/javac \\
-J-ea \\
-J-esa \\
-J-Xmx512m \\
-J-d32 \\
-J-Dtest.vm.opts='-ea -esa -Xmx512m' \\
-J-Dcompile.jdk=/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk \\
-J-Dtest.src.path=/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.src=/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.tool.vm.opts='-J-ea -J-esa -J-Xmx512m' \\
-J-Dtest.class.path=/Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.timeout.factor=4.0 \\
-J-Dtest.classes=/Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.class.path.prefix=/Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass:/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass \\
-J-Dtest.jdk=/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk \\
-J-Dtest.java.opts=-d32 \\
-J-Dtest.compiler.opts= \\
-d /Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass -classpath /Users/aurora/sandbox/gresults/testoutput/jdk_lang/JTwork/classes/java/lang/Class/asSubclass:/Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass:/Users/aurora/CommonData/jdk/lib/tools.jar -sourcepath /Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass -Xlint:unchecked -Werror /Users/aurora/sandbox/testbase/test/java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java
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warning: Supported source version 'RELEASE_8' from annotation processor 'com.sun.javafx.fxml.annotation.FXMLAnnotationProcessor' less than -source '1.9'
error: warnings found and -Werror specified
1 error
1 warning
result: Failed. Compilation failed: Compilation failed
test result: Failed. Compilation failed: Compilation failed