--- a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Thu Oct 17 20:27:44 2019 +0100
+++ b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Thu Oct 17 20:53:35 2019 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 # What make to use for main processing, after bootstrapping top-level Makefile.
 MAKE := @MAKE@
 
+# Make sure all shell commands are executed with the C locale
+export LC_ALL := C
+
 # The default make arguments
 MAKE_ARGS = $(MAKE_LOG_FLAGS) -r -R -I $(TOPDIR)/make/common SPEC=$(SPEC) \
     MAKE_LOG_FLAGS="$(MAKE_LOG_FLAGS)" $(MAKE_LOG_VARS)
@@ -286,7 +289,7 @@
 VALID_JVM_FEATURES := @VALID_JVM_FEATURES@
 VALID_JVM_VARIANTS := @VALID_JVM_VARIANTS@
 
-# Control wether Hotspot builds gtest tests
+# Control whether Hotspot builds gtest tests
 BUILD_GTEST := @BUILD_GTEST@
 
 # Allow overriding the default hotspot library path
@@ -489,6 +492,7 @@
 EXTRA_CFLAGS = @EXTRA_CFLAGS@
 EXTRA_CXXFLAGS = @EXTRA_CXXFLAGS@
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS = @EXTRA_LDFLAGS@
+EXTRA_ASFLAGS = @EXTRA_ASFLAGS@
 
 CXX:=@FIXPATH@ @CCACHE@ @ICECC@ @CXX@