Bug 267046 – dev-java/xstream-1.3.1 compiles Java annotations with -source 1.4

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Crístian Viana 2009-04-22 02:51:24 UTC]

the xstream ebuild sets the target Java version to 1.4, but the source code uses annotations, which were introduced in Java 5. so, the package can't be compiled. if the USE flag "java5" is set, then everything works as expected.

GENTOO_VM=sun-jdk-1.6  CLASSPATH="" JAVA_HOME="/opt/sun-jdk-1.6.0.13"                                      
JAVACFLAGS="-source 1.4 -target 1.4" COMPILER="javac"

[Comment 1 Ole Langbehn 2009-06-20 10:47:59 UTC]

this is getting annoying, since other packages require only java6 or java5 to be set. java5 use flag can be safely dropped, since source requires at least java5. Appending a patch to the ebuild.

[Comment 2 Ole Langbehn 2009-06-20 10:48:58 UTC]

Created attachment 195265 [details, diff]
removes java5 use flag from 1.3.1 ebuild

[Comment 3 Joerg Schaible 2009-06-25 21:09:43 UTC]

XStream compiles the Java 5 source with source and target 1.5, while the rest is compiled for target 1.3

[Comment 4 Jean-Noël Rivasseau (RETIRED) 2009-08-17 12:04:33 UTC]

Removed java5 USE flag in -r1 bump. Now requires java-1.5 at least.