db : incompatible-java-bytecode-format with OpenJDK 7 as default-jdk
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
db (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
James Page |
Bug Description
During a recent rebuild test it was detected that db builds Java bytecode
which is only compatible with Java >= 7.
The default-jdk in Ubuntu Quantal has been changed to OpenJDK 7 and all
packages that Build-Depend on default-jdk are being tested to ensure that
they produce bytecode which is backwards compatible with earlier versions
of Java.
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to resolve this issue and make sure that the Java bytecode built by this
package is compatible with earlier Java runtime environments.
Note that lintian in Ubuntu Quantal also contains a experimental check
which can detect this problem (incompatible-
this by using the -E flag when running lintian.
Related branches
tags: | added: auto java7-bytecode quantal |
Changed in db (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → James Page (james-page) |
This bug was fixed in the package db - 5.1.29-5ubuntu1
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db (5.1.29-5ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low
* Ensure that backwards compatible Java bytecode is built (LP: #1049765):
- d/rules: Tweak naming of JAVACFLAGS, pass to dh_auto_configure and
ensure that dh_auto_build operates on the correct directory.
-- James Page <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:00:20 +0100