diff --git a/cmd/release_config/release_config/main.go b/cmd/release_config/release_config/main.go
index bd4ab4907..d06b2b796 100644
--- a/cmd/release_config/release_config/main.go
+++ b/cmd/release_config/release_config/main.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 	// Write the makefile where release_config.mk is going to look for it.
-	err = configs.WriteMakefile(makefilePath, targetRelease)
+	err = config.WriteMakefile(makefilePath, targetRelease, configs)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func main() {
 		for _, c := range configs.GetSortedReleaseConfigs() {
 			if c.Name != targetRelease {
 				makefilePath = filepath.Join(outputDir, fmt.Sprintf("release_config-%s-%s.varmk", product, c.Name))
-				err = configs.WriteMakefile(makefilePath, c.Name)
+				err = config.WriteMakefile(makefilePath, c.Name, configs)
 				if err != nil {
 					panic(err)
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/flag_artifact.go b/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/flag_artifact.go
index e7dbc622c..6cdde7c06 100644
--- a/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/flag_artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/flag_artifact.go
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ func FlagArtifactsFactory(artifactsPath string) *FlagArtifacts {
 	return &ret
 }
 
+func (fas *FlagArtifacts) SortedFlagNames() []string {
+	var names []string
+	for k, _ := range *fas {
+		names = append(names, k)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(names)
+	return names
+}
+
 func (fa *FlagArtifact) GenerateFlagDeclarationArtifact() *rc_proto.FlagDeclarationArtifact {
 	ret := &rc_proto.FlagDeclarationArtifact{
 		Name:            fa.FlagDeclaration.Name,
diff --git a/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_config.go b/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_config.go
index 02b693c78..f0ce1bb67 100644
--- a/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_config.go
+++ b/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_config.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package release_config_lib
 import (
 	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"slices"
@@ -169,8 +170,12 @@ func (config *ReleaseConfig) GenerateReleaseConfig(configs *ReleaseConfigs) erro
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		iConfig.GenerateReleaseConfig(configs)
-		if err := config.InheritConfig(iConfig); err != nil {
+		err = iConfig.GenerateReleaseConfig(configs)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		err = config.InheritConfig(iConfig)
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -310,6 +315,74 @@ func (config *ReleaseConfig) GenerateReleaseConfig(configs *ReleaseConfigs) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Write the makefile for this targetRelease.
+func (config *ReleaseConfig) WriteMakefile(outFile, targetRelease string, configs *ReleaseConfigs) error {
+	makeVars := make(map[string]string)
+
+	myFlagArtifacts := config.FlagArtifacts.Clone()
+	// Sort the flags by name first.
+	names := myFlagArtifacts.SortedFlagNames()
+	partitions := make(map[string][]string)
+
+	vNames := []string{}
+	addVar := func(name, suffix, value string) {
+		fullName := fmt.Sprintf("_ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.%s.%s", name, suffix)
+		vNames = append(vNames, fullName)
+		makeVars[fullName] = value
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range names {
+		flag := myFlagArtifacts[name]
+		decl := flag.FlagDeclaration
+
+		for _, container := range decl.Containers {
+			partitions[container] = append(partitions[container], name)
+		}
+		value := MarshalValue(flag.Value)
+		makeVars[name] = value
+		addVar(name, "TYPE", ValueType(flag.Value))
+		addVar(name, "PARTITIONS", strings.Join(decl.Containers, " "))
+		addVar(name, "DEFAULT", MarshalValue(decl.Value))
+		addVar(name, "VALUE", value)
+		addVar(name, "DECLARED_IN", *flag.Traces[0].Source)
+		addVar(name, "SET_IN", *flag.Traces[len(flag.Traces)-1].Source)
+		addVar(name, "NAMESPACE", *decl.Namespace)
+	}
+	pNames := []string{}
+	for k := range partitions {
+		pNames = append(pNames, k)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(pNames)
+
+	// Now sort the make variables, and output them.
+	slices.Sort(vNames)
+
+	// Write the flags as:
+	//   _ALL_RELELASE_FLAGS
+	//   _ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.PARTITIONS.*
+	//   all _ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.*, sorted by name
+	//   Final flag values, sorted by name.
+	data := fmt.Sprintf("# TARGET_RELEASE=%s\n", config.Name)
+	if targetRelease != config.Name {
+		data += fmt.Sprintf("# User specified TARGET_RELEASE=%s\n", targetRelease)
+	}
+	// As it stands this list is not per-product, but conceptually it is, and will be.
+	data += fmt.Sprintf("ALL_RELEASE_CONFIGS_FOR_PRODUCT :=$= %s\n", strings.Join(configs.GetAllReleaseNames(), " "))
+	data += fmt.Sprintf("_used_files := %s\n", strings.Join(config.GetSortedFileList(), " "))
+	data += fmt.Sprintf("_ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS :=$= %s\n", strings.Join(names, " "))
+	for _, pName := range pNames {
+		data += fmt.Sprintf("_ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.PARTITIONS.%s :=$= %s\n", pName, strings.Join(partitions[pName], " "))
+	}
+	for _, vName := range vNames {
+		data += fmt.Sprintf("%s :=$= %s\n", vName, makeVars[vName])
+	}
+	data += "\n\n# Values for all build flags\n"
+	for _, name := range names {
+		data += fmt.Sprintf("%s :=$= %s\n", name, makeVars[name])
+	}
+	return os.WriteFile(outFile, []byte(data), 0644)
+}
+
 func (config *ReleaseConfig) WritePartitionBuildFlags(outDir string) error {
 	var err error
 	for partition, flags := range config.PartitionBuildFlags {
diff --git a/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_configs.go b/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_configs.go
index 052cde898..f2e138801 100644
--- a/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_configs.go
+++ b/cmd/release_config/release_config_lib/release_configs.go
@@ -395,94 +395,10 @@ func (configs *ReleaseConfigs) GetAllReleaseNames() []string {
 		allReleaseNames = append(allReleaseNames, v.Name)
 		allReleaseNames = append(allReleaseNames, v.OtherNames...)
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(allReleaseNames, func(a, b string) int {
-		return cmp.Compare(a, b)
-	})
+	slices.Sort(allReleaseNames)
 	return allReleaseNames
 }
 
-// Write the makefile for this targetRelease.
-func (configs *ReleaseConfigs) WriteMakefile(outFile, targetRelease string) error {
-	makeVars := make(map[string]string)
-	config, err := configs.GetReleaseConfig(targetRelease)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	myFlagArtifacts := config.FlagArtifacts.Clone()
-	// Sort the flags by name first.
-	names := []string{}
-	for k, _ := range myFlagArtifacts {
-		names = append(names, k)
-	}
-	slices.SortFunc(names, func(a, b string) int {
-		return cmp.Compare(a, b)
-	})
-	partitions := make(map[string][]string)
-
-	vNames := []string{}
-	addVar := func(name, suffix, value string) {
-		fullName := fmt.Sprintf("_ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.%s.%s", name, suffix)
-		vNames = append(vNames, fullName)
-		makeVars[fullName] = value
-	}
-
-	for _, name := range names {
-		flag := myFlagArtifacts[name]
-		decl := flag.FlagDeclaration
-
-		for _, container := range decl.Containers {
-			partitions[container] = append(partitions[container], name)
-		}
-		value := MarshalValue(flag.Value)
-		makeVars[name] = value
-		addVar(name, "TYPE", ValueType(flag.Value))
-		addVar(name, "PARTITIONS", strings.Join(decl.Containers, " "))
-		addVar(name, "DEFAULT", MarshalValue(decl.Value))
-		addVar(name, "VALUE", value)
-		addVar(name, "DECLARED_IN", *flag.Traces[0].Source)
-		addVar(name, "SET_IN", *flag.Traces[len(flag.Traces)-1].Source)
-		addVar(name, "NAMESPACE", *decl.Namespace)
-	}
-	pNames := []string{}
-	for k := range partitions {
-		pNames = append(pNames, k)
-	}
-	slices.SortFunc(pNames, func(a, b string) int {
-		return cmp.Compare(a, b)
-	})
-
-	// Now sort the make variables, and output them.
-	slices.SortFunc(vNames, func(a, b string) int {
-		return cmp.Compare(a, b)
-	})
-
-	// Write the flags as:
-	//   _ALL_RELELASE_FLAGS
-	//   _ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.PARTITIONS.*
-	//   all _ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.*, sorted by name
-	//   Final flag values, sorted by name.
-	data := fmt.Sprintf("# TARGET_RELEASE=%s\n", config.Name)
-	if targetRelease != config.Name {
-		data += fmt.Sprintf("# User specified TARGET_RELEASE=%s\n", targetRelease)
-	}
-	// As it stands this list is not per-product, but conceptually it is, and will be.
-	data += fmt.Sprintf("ALL_RELEASE_CONFIGS_FOR_PRODUCT :=$= %s\n", strings.Join(configs.GetAllReleaseNames(), " "))
-	data += fmt.Sprintf("_used_files := %s\n", strings.Join(config.GetSortedFileList(), " "))
-	data += fmt.Sprintf("_ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS :=$= %s\n", strings.Join(names, " "))
-	for _, pName := range pNames {
-		data += fmt.Sprintf("_ALL_RELEASE_FLAGS.PARTITIONS.%s :=$= %s\n", pName, strings.Join(partitions[pName], " "))
-	}
-	for _, vName := range vNames {
-		data += fmt.Sprintf("%s :=$= %s\n", vName, makeVars[vName])
-	}
-	data += "\n\n# Values for all build flags\n"
-	for _, name := range names {
-		data += fmt.Sprintf("%s :=$= %s\n", name, makeVars[name])
-	}
-	return os.WriteFile(outFile, []byte(data), 0644)
-}
-
 func (configs *ReleaseConfigs) GenerateReleaseConfigs(targetRelease string) error {
 	otherNames := make(map[string][]string)
 	for aliasName, aliasTarget := range configs.Aliases {
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 1a6584bfb..49214d842 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ func collectDirectDepsProviders(ctx android.ModuleContext) (result *JarJarProvid
 				case Implementation:
 					return RenameUseInclude, "info"
 				default:
-					//fmt.Printf("LJ: %v -> %v StubsLinkType unknown\n", module, m)
+					//fmt.Printf("collectDirectDepsProviders: %v -> %v StubsLinkType unknown\n", module, m)
 					// Fall through to the heuristic logic.
 				}
 				switch reflect.TypeOf(m).String() {