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William Ferguson commented on LOG4J2-2041:
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That was how it was in JDK8 and below.
But it looks like JDK9 now uses the "--release" parameter.
So "--release 8" looks like it will generate version 52 byte code.
> 2.9.0 contains classes built to class version 53
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> Key: LOG4J2-2041
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2041
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 2.9.0
> Reporter: William Ferguson
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> 2.9.0 is built to class version 53, presumably because it includes attempts
> at support for JDK9.
> But JDK has not been released yet, so build tools that introspect class files
> (such as Proguard) do not yet support consuming version 53 classes.
> Can I suggest that an appropriate forward path is to build using and against
> JDK9 but to build to class version 52 until some time after JDK9 has been
> released so as to not break existing tooling.
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