>How come it never got backported?
I guess nobody requested it for an older release before now, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure for details.
Though, I do wonder whether what you are experiencing is the exact same issue. According to bug 1560405 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775775 it looks like this was fixed by adding support for openjdk-8, but that doesn't seem to be available in 14.04 (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8). So... I'm not sure if that would actually fix things or if you are encountering a separate but similar issue.
>How come it never got backported?
I guess nobody requested it for an older release before now, see https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/StableRelea seUpdates# Procedure for details.
Though, I do wonder whether what you are experiencing is the exact same issue. According to bug 1560405 and https:/ /bugs.debian. org/cgi- bin/bugreport. cgi?bug= 775775 it looks like this was fixed by adding support for openjdk-8, but that doesn't seem to be available in 14.04 (https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ openjdk- 8). So... I'm not sure if that would actually fix things or if you are encountering a separate but similar issue.