A simple patch to build.xml will solve the problem. The classes in com.sun.java.util.collections conflict with/are superceded by their respective classes in java.util Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Switch to a post 1.1 Java VM + compiler 2. emerge '=dev-java/jdom-1.0_beta8-r2'
Created attachment 8296 [details] Portage branch The required patch and a cleaned-up ebuild.
Checked in... thanks and sorry for the delay. :/