Package: mysql-connector-java Version: 5.1.16-2 Severity: serious Tags: patch Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
Fails to build with openjdk-7 due to incompatibility with the newer version of
JDBC (abstract methods need to be overridden).
Here is the relevant part of the build log.
[javac] /home/verica/mysql1/mysql-connector-
java-5.1.16/build/mysql-connector-java-5.1.16/com/mysql/jdbc/JDBC4LoadBalancedMySQLConnection.java:44:
error:
JDBC4LoadBalancedMySQLConnection is not abstract and does not override abstract
method getNetworkTimeout() in Connection
[javac] public class JDBC4LoadBalancedMySQLConnection extends
[javac] ^
[javac] Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
[javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
[javac] 1 error
BUILD FAILED
/home/verica/mysql1/mysql-connector-java-5.1.16/build.xml:771:
Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
Total time: 11 seconds
make: *** [debian/stamp-ant-build] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
I propose a patch that fixes this issue as attachment.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
0002-jdbc-override-abstract-methods.patch
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