Bug#814073: tzdata: FTBFS: Error: Unable to access jarfile /usr/lib/jvm/default-java//jre/lib/javazic.jar

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

reassign 814073 openjdk-8-jre-headless
retitle 814073 openjdk-8-jre-headless doesn't provide javazic.jar
affect 814073 tzdata
thanks

On 2016-02-08 09:14, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Source: tzdata
> Version: 2016a-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to build from source
> User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: ftbfs
> X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> tzdata fails to build from source in unstable/amd64:
> 
>   [..]
> 
>   # Generate a java version
>   /usr/lib/jvm/default-java//bin/java -jar /usr/lib/jvm/default-java//jre/lib/javazic.jar -V 2016a -d /home/lamby/temp/cdt.20160208085405.3qp2pN3cIl/tzdata-2016a/tzgen-java africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica southamerica etcetera factory backward systemv pacificnew gmt jdk11_backward
>   Error: Unable to access jarfile /usr/lib/jvm/default-java//jre/lib/javazic.jar
>   debian/rules:53: recipe for target 'build-indep-stamp' failed
>   make: *** [build-indep-stamp] Error 1
> 
>   [..]

The problem is that the default java has recently been switched to
openjdk-8, which doesn't provide javazic.jar. As such we can't build
tzdata-java anymore.

Aurelien

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