Bug#745098: rjava: FTBFS with Java 8: configure: error: Cannot compile a simple JNI program

[Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>]

Source: rjava
Version: 0.9-6-1
Severity: important
User: debian-java@lists.debian.org
Usertags: openjdk-8-transition

Hi,

During a rebuild of all Java packages in sid with OpenJDK 8,
your package failed to build with the following error:

    checking for gcc... gcc -std=gnu99
    checking whether the C compiler works... yes
    checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
    checking for suffix of executables... 
    checking whether we are cross compiling... no
    checking for suffix of object files... o
    checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
    checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes
    checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO C89... none needed
    checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E
    checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
    checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
    checking for ANSI C header files... yes
    checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
    checking for sys/types.h... yes
    checking for sys/stat.h... yes
    checking for stdlib.h... yes
    checking for string.h... yes
    checking for memory.h... yes
    checking for strings.h... yes
    checking for inttypes.h... yes
    checking for stdint.h... yes
    checking for unistd.h... yes
    checking for string.h... (cached) yes
    checking sys/time.h usability... yes
    checking sys/time.h presence... yes
    checking for sys/time.h... yes
    checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
    checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
    checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
    configure: checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 supports static inline...
    yes
    checking whether setjmp.h is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
    checking whether sigsetjmp is declared... yes
    checking whether siglongjmp is declared... yes
    checking Java support in R... present:
    interpreter : '/usr/bin/java'
    archiver    : '/usr/bin/jar'
    compiler    : '/usr/bin/javac'
    header prep.: '/usr/bin/javah'
    cpp flags   : '-I/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/../include'
    java libs   : '-L/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server -ljvm'
    checking whether Java run-time works... yes
    checking whether -Xrs is supported... yes
    configure: error: Cannot compile a simple JNI program. See config.log for details.
    
    Make sure you have Java Development Kit installed and correctly registered in R.
    If in doubt, re-run "R CMD javareconf" as root.
    
    ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rJava'


The full build log is available from:
    http://87.98.165.193/debian/openjdk8-rebuild/logs-failed-jdk8/rjava_0.9-6-1_unstable_jdk8.log

You can download OpenJDK 8 packages for testing here:
    http://87.98.165.193/debian/openjdk-8u5-b13/