Command line builds fail intermittently with a JRE Fatal Error. Often the failure is accompanied by a JRE crash and dump. Fatal Errors encountered may be similar to the following:
build failed
A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x71f46fbc, pid=27912, tid=0x00007c98
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# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_162-b12) (build 1.8.0_162-b12)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (25.162-b12 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# V [jvm.dll+0x76fbc]
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# Core dump written. Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallAnywhere 2018\hs_err_pid27912.mdmp
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# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallAnywhere 2018\hs_err_pid27912.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# //... - file(s) not opened on this client.
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x7778342f, pid=9192, tid=0x00002140
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# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_162-b12) (build 1.8.0_162-b12)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (25.162-b12 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [ntdll.dll+0x4342f]
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# Core dump written. Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallAnywhere 2018\hs_err_pid9192.mdmp
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# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallAnywhere 2018\hs_err_pid9192.log
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# Compiler replay data is saved as:
# C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallAnywhere 2018\replay_pid9192.log
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# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
[Fatal Error] %7BA4FF8391-1F32-11B2-BC6B-C34F3EE71742%7D.pf.xml:1:1: Premature end of file.
Workaround
In order to resolve the issue, please do the following:
Open the .lax file that corresponds to the launcher you are using (e.g. build.lax) in a text editor. Find the property, lax.command.line.args, and prepend the following to whatever value it currently has, followed by a space:
-nupd
Open %USERPROFILE%\.InstallAnywhere\190\Premier\preferences\com.zerog.ia.Designer.properties in a text editor and make sure the following property is set to false like:
designer.update.ceipoptin=false
Resolution
This issue has been resolved in InstallAnywhere 2020.
