This is apart of the security changes apparently according to my discussion with Andrew Hughs.
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/hotspot/rev/bad107a5d096 Is the backported patch apparently -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-7 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360392 Title: Groovy broken with 7u65 security update: VerifyError Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 After applying security update 7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.1 earlier this week, all of our compiled Groovy code ceased to function, throwing the following exception from numerous classes: java.lang.VerifyError: Bad <init> method call from inside of a branch Exception Details: Location: com/mgd/api/service/security/TokenValidationException.<init>(Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V @87: invokespecial Reason: Error exists in the bytecode Bytecode: 0000000: b800 184d 04bd 0023 5903 2b53 5910 ff12 0000010: 04b8 0029 2a5f ab00 0000 00af 0000 0005 0000020: 8794 83a0 0000 0032 aad3 b1ff 0000 0047 0000030: c783 a456 0000 005a f0c1 c756 0000 0087 0000040: 0000 9b75 0000 00a6 5f5a 5903 3212 2bb8 0000050: 002f c000 2b5f 57b7 0032 a700 755f 5a59 0000060: 0332 b800 38c0 003a 5f57 b700 3ca7 0062 0000070: 5f5a 5903 32b8 0038 c000 3a5f 5904 3212 0000080: 2bb8 002f c000 2b5f 5905 32b8 0042 5f59 0000090: 0632 b800 425f 57b7 0045 a700 355f 5a59 00000a0: 0332 b800 38c0 003a 5f59 0432 122b b800 00000b0: 2fc0 002b 5f57 b700 48a7 0016 5f5a 57b7 00000c0: 0014 a700 0dbb 004a 5912 4cb7 004d bf57 00000d0: 2ab6 001c 4e2d 2a5f b500 1e2d 57b1 Stackmap Table: full_frame(@72,{UninitializedThis,Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83],UninitializedThis}) full_frame(@93,{UninitializedThis,Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83],UninitializedThis}) full_frame(@112,{UninitializedThis,Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83],UninitializedThis}) full_frame(@157,{UninitializedThis,Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83],UninitializedThis}) full_frame(@188,{UninitializedThis,Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83],UninitializedThis}) full_frame(@197,{UninitializedThis,Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83],UninitializedThis}) full_frame(@207,{Object[#2],Object[#43],Object[#81]},{Object[#83]}) ] with root cause java.lang.VerifyError: Bad <init> method call from inside of a branch Downgrading back to 7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu4 resolved the issue. This is a known issue with this particular version: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8051012 http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GROOVY-6951 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/+bug/1360392/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

