diff --git a/make/common/internal/Resources.gmk b/make/common/internal/Resources.gmk
index 03b90dd740833e5013070b1a7e4cf338fe25625d..63a61188261a806fcd71cd5a556e452f5be00d61 100644
--- a/make/common/internal/Resources.gmk
+++ b/make/common/internal/Resources.gmk
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ compile_all_props: $(COMPILEPROPERTIES_JARFILE) $(COMPILE_PROP_options)
 # Make sure the build rule creates all the properties
 resources:
 
-ifneq ($(PROPERTIES_FILES),)
+ifneq ($(strip $(PROPERTIES_FILES)),)
   resources: strip_prop_options_clean   strip_all_props
   clobber clean:: 
 	$(RM) $(STRIP_PROP_FILES) $(STRIP_PROP_options)
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(COMPILED_PROPERTIES),)
+ifneq ($(strip $(COMPILED_PROPERTIES)),)
   resources: compile_prop_options_clean compile_all_props
   clobber clean:: 
 	$(RM) $(COMPILE_PROP_JAVA_FILES) $(COMPILE_PROP_options)
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs-javadoc.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs-javadoc.gmk
index 83b3b4aa7066453ebe54c9462e4179611aaa6749..a5ffe8e285ed9bb0ba4cada982bbabed08205cd0 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs-javadoc.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs-javadoc.gmk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ JNLP_FIRST_COPYRIGHT_YEAR           = 1998
 PLUGIN2_FIRST_COPYRIGHT_YEAR        = 2007
 
 # Oracle name
-COMPANY_NAME = Oracle and/or its affiliates
+FULL_COMPANY_NAME = Oracle and/or its affiliates
 
 # Copyright address
 COMPANY_ADDRESS = 500 Oracle Parkway<br>Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA.
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk
index ed32779c8c219c3f93ef1e49032fbab221f412e2..3d4cf62115b64c012076611d48151d7d68b56463 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk
@@ -341,7 +341,33 @@ dummy:=$(warning "WARNING: Using definitions from $(_PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE)")
 include $(_PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE)
 endif
 
+# OUTPUTDIR: Location of all output for the build
+ifdef ALT_OUTPUTDIR
+  OUTPUTDIR:=$(subst \,/,$(ALT_OUTPUTDIR))
+  # Assumes this is absolute (checks later)
+  ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(OUTPUTDIR)
+else
+  ifndef _OUTPUTDIR
+    # Default:  Get "build" parent directory, which should always exist
+    ifndef BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY
+      BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY=$(BUILDDIR)/..
+    endif
+    ifdef OPENJDK
+      _OUTPUTDIRNAME=$(PLATFORM)-$(ARCH)$(OPENJDK_SUFFIX)
+    else
+      _OUTPUTDIRNAME=$(PLATFORM)-$(ARCH)
+    endif
+    _OUTPUTDIR=$(BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY)/build/$(_OUTPUTDIRNAME)
+  endif
+  OUTPUTDIR:=$(_OUTPUTDIR)
+endif
+# Check for spaces and null value
+OUTPUTDIR:=$(call AltCheckSpaces,OUTPUTDIR)
+OUTPUTDIR:=$(call AltCheckValue,OUTPUTDIR)
+
 # Get platform specific settings
+# NB: OUTPUTDIR must be defined. Otherwise hotspot import detection will not work correctly
+# On other hand this must be included early as it provides platform specific defines such as FullPath
 include $(JDK_MAKE_SHARED_DIR)/Defs-$(PLATFORM).gmk
 
 # Components
@@ -478,32 +504,6 @@ endif
 CACERTS_FILE:=$(call AltCheckSpaces,CACERTS_FILE)
 CACERTS_FILE:=$(call AltCheckValue,CACERTS_FILE)
 
-# OUTPUTDIR: Location of all output for the build
-ifdef ALT_OUTPUTDIR
-  OUTPUTDIR:=$(subst \,/,$(ALT_OUTPUTDIR))
-  # Assumes this is absolute (checks later)
-  ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(OUTPUTDIR)
-else
-  ifndef _OUTPUTDIR
-    # Default:  Get "build" parent directory, which should always exist
-    ifndef BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY
-      BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY=$(BUILDDIR)/..
-    endif
-    ABS_BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY:=$(call FullPath,$(BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY))
-    ifdef OPENJDK
-      _OUTPUTDIRNAME=$(PLATFORM)-$(ARCH)$(OPENJDK_SUFFIX)
-    else
-      _OUTPUTDIRNAME=$(PLATFORM)-$(ARCH)
-    endif
-    _OUTPUTDIR=$(BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY)/build/$(_OUTPUTDIRNAME)
-    ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(ABS_BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY)/build/$(_OUTPUTDIRNAME)
-  endif
-  OUTPUTDIR:=$(_OUTPUTDIR)
-endif
-# Check for spaces and null value
-OUTPUTDIR:=$(call AltCheckSpaces,OUTPUTDIR)
-OUTPUTDIR:=$(call AltCheckValue,OUTPUTDIR)
-
 #
 # When signing the JCE framework and provider, we could be using built
 # bits on a read-only filesystem.  If so, this test will fail and crash
@@ -519,7 +519,13 @@ endif
 
 # Define absolute path if needed and check for spaces and null value
 ifndef ABS_OUTPUTDIR
-  ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(call FullPath,$(OUTPUTDIR))
+  ifdef _OUTPUTDIRNAME
+    #Could not define this at the same time as _OUTPUTDIRNAME as FullPath is not defined at that point
+    ABS_BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY:=$(call FullPath,$(BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY))
+    ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(ABS_BUILD_PARENT_DIRECTORY)/build/$(_OUTPUTDIRNAME)
+  else
+    ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(call FullPath,$(OUTPUTDIR))
+  endif
 endif
 ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(call AltCheckSpaces,ABS_OUTPUTDIR)
 ABS_OUTPUTDIR:=$(call AltCheckValue,ABS_OUTPUTDIR)
@@ -572,10 +578,23 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)
     ANT_HOME := $(call DirExists,$(JDK_DEVTOOLS_DIR)/share/ant/latest,,)
   endif
 endif
+
+# There are few problems with ant we need to workaround:
+#  1) ant is using temporary directory java.io.tmpdir
+#     However, this directory is not unique enough and two separate ant processes
+#     can easily end up using the exact same temp directory. This may lead to weird build failures
+#     To workaround this we will define tmp dir explicitly
+#  2) ant attempts to detect JDK location based on java.exe location
+#     This is fragile as developer may have JRE first on the PATH. 
+#     To workaround this we will specify JAVA_HOME explicitly
+
+ANT_TMPDIR = $(ABS_OUTPUTDIR)/tmp
+ANT_WORKAROUNDS = ANT_OPTS=-Djava.io.tmpdir='$(ANT_TMPDIR)' JAVA_HOME='$(BOOTDIR)'
+
 ifeq ($(ANT_HOME),)
-  ANT = ant
+  ANT = $(ANT_WORKAROUNDS) ant
 else
-  ANT = $(ANT_HOME)/bin/ant
+  ANT = $(ANT_WORKAROUNDS) $(ANT_HOME)/bin/ant
 endif
 
 ifdef ALT_COPYRIGHT_YEAR
diff --git a/make/docs/Makefile b/make/docs/Makefile
index a2aaccb130fcf582da1d2617b4a2eb5db4bbb68b..960c99947f3614663af4bb17d8538ef33f54756a 100644
--- a/make/docs/Makefile
+++ b/make/docs/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ JLS3_URL = http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/
 
 # Common Java trademark line
 JAVA_TRADEMARK_LINE = Java is a trademark or registered trademark of \
-$(COMPANY_NAME) in the US and other countries.
+$(FULL_COMPANY_NAME) in the US and other countries.
 
 #
 # Definitions for imported components