Hi Chris, I would be happy to accept the patch. The email is one big jumbo/mumbo to me as I have never used java (and I don't intend to).
Cheers, -- Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server Knot Resolver (https://www.knot-resolver.cz/) – secure, privacy-aware, fast DNS(SEC) resolver Vše pro chleba (https://vseprochleba.cz) – Mouky ze mlýna a potřeby pro pečení chleba všeho druhu On Fri, Sep 1, 2017, at 21:40, Chris West wrote: > Source: db5.3 > Version: 5.3.28 > Severity: normal > User: [email protected] > Usertags: default-java9 > > This package fails to build with default-jdk pointing to openjdk-9-jdk. > The wiki has some common problems and their solutions: > https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Java9Pitfalls > > An automated tool has decided that this package will build fine if the > -source and -target options are changed to 1.6; no additional changes > are required. This was done by building with a compiler that changed > the settings automatically, then the real compiler, and diffing the > results. This modified compiler will never be part of Debian. > > ant and Maven are supposed to do this for you, and I've tried to check > that this package is not using ant or Maven correctly, but I might have > messed up. > > Build log sample: > > configure:18523: checking for javac > configure:18539: found /usr/bin/javac > configure:18550: result: javac > configure:18608: checking if javac works > configure:18622: javac -source 1.5 -target 1.5 Test.java > warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with > -source 1.5 > error: Source option 1.5 is no longer supported. Use 1.6 or later. > error: Target option 1.5 is no longer supported. Use 1.6 or later. > configure:18625: $? = 2 > configure:18629: error: The Java compiler javac failed (see config.log, > check the CLASSPATH?) > > > Cheers, > Chris. > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-db-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-db-devel
