Thanks for the info and I’m glad the problem is resolved. Out of curiosity, did openjdk-9-java-amd64 on Ubuntu have the JDK and other tools like jstack, jmap, etc, or was it just the JRE?
Ralph > On Jul 11, 2017, at 9:32 PM, kenneth mcfarland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I would just like to ask if this information would be useful for the public: > > On Ubuntu 16.04.2, the openjdk-9-java-amd64 via the repository does not > have javac. Using openjdk-9-java-amd64 (as exposed via the > toolchain-sample-linux.xml file) will result in failure, at least with sudo > apt-get install on the latest Ubuntu. > > Only after installing and configuring the oracle version of the jdk-9 early > access will builds of the log4j2-api-java9 build correctly. > > After discovering the --release flag is a new feature to java 9 I able to > hunt down the problem. I'd like to save others the frustration of my > experience. Thanks to Matt and Ralph and others who offered their help and > expertise in helping me track down a fix. > > Kenneth
