JOSM tested 13996 fails to build with OpenJDK 10 on Debian unstable

[sebastic]

The tested snapshot at r13996 fails to build with OpenJDK 10 on Debian unstable due to missing symbols:

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compile:
    [javac] Release attribute not specified, defaulting to the value of the target attribute (1.8)
    [javac] Compiling 1620 source files to /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/build
    [javac] Ignoring source, target and bootclasspath as release has been set
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:46: error: package sun.security.util does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.util.ObjectIdentifier;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:47: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.AlgorithmId;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:48: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.BasicConstraintsExtension;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:49: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.CertificateAlgorithmId;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:50: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:51: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.CertificateSerialNumber;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:52: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.CertificateValidity;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:53: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.CertificateVersion;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:54: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.CertificateX509Key;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:55: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.DNSName;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:56: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.ExtendedKeyUsageExtension;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:57: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.GeneralName;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:58: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.GeneralNameInterface;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:59: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.GeneralNames;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:60: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.IPAddressName;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:61: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.OIDName;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:62: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.SubjectAlternativeNameExtension;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:63: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.URIName;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:64: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.X500Name;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:65: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.X509CertImpl;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:66: error: package sun.security.x509 does not exist
    [javac] import sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo;
    [javac]                         ^
    [javac] /build/josm-0.0.svn13996+dfsg/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/remotecontrol/RemoteControlHttpsServer.java:120: error: cannot find symbol
    [javac]     private static GeneralNameInterface createGeneralNameInterface(String t, String v) throws IOException {
    [javac]                    ^
    [javac]   symbol:   class GeneralNameInterface
    [javac]   location: class RemoteControlHttpsServer
[...]

Full build log is attached.

[sebastic]

This seems to be an issue with the ant package in Debian:

Setting the --release option automatically is now implemented in Maven
(since plexus-compiler/2.8.4-1) and Ant (since ant/1.10.3-2), and it
triggers a new issue unfortunately. When the --release option is set the
internal JDK APIs (com.sun.*, sun.misc.*) are no longer available, and
this breaks several packages (axis for example, see #902861). The same
code compiles fine with '-source <n> -target <n>' though.

I'm not sure we can fix all the errors reported and we may have to
revert the use of the --release option in Ant/Maven. That would mean the
packages built with OpenJDK 10/11 are unlikely to run with OpenJDK 8
(the binary incompatibility in the ByteBuffer class affects quite a lot
of code).

-- ​Emmanuel Bourg in Debian Bug #895619

[Don-vip]

One more argument for 10033#comment:56. That would be the simpler solution. I'll try to see if we can find a workaround without removing it though.

[Don-vip]

I'm sorry but we have no problem to compile JOSM with Java 10.0.1 and Ant 1.10.4. I see also ​nothing in Apache Ant Bugzilla related to an automatic --release option, so it seems to be a change on Debian side that must be reverted.

[Don-vip]

@sebastic if that's not possible immediately you can still apply this patch to remove HTTPS remote control support so that you can update JOSM Debian package.

[anonymous]

Thanks for the patch, I'll apply that until ant is fixed in Debian. I'm not happy with that Debian specific change in a generic build tool.