The question is why do we have a `module-info.class` file in groovy.jar. I thought we had fixed that. Or maybe in 2.4.15?
2018-03-21 13:46 GMT+01:00 Jochen Theodorou <blackd...@gmx.org>: > > > Am 21.03.2018 um 12:34 schrieb Blake McBride: > >> Thanks! Turns out, this is a known problem with older versions of >> tomcat. I don't think any changes in groovy are necessary. >> > > just in case you are somebody else wants to know more > > Unable to process Jar entry [module-info.class] from Jar > [jar:file:/.../build/web/WEB-INF/lib/groovy-2.4.14.jar!/] for annotations > org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassFormatException: Invalid byte > tag in constant pool: 19 > > > module-info.class is for Java9 and requires a special flag available only > in Java9 and later (constant pool entry with id 19). Thus for Tomcat under > Java 8 the only solution is to ignore that or use a newer version of bcel > that supports java9 and then ignore it. Because you cannot load it. > > bye Jochen >
