scilab : incompatible-java-bytecode-format with OpenJDK 7 as default-jdk
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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scilab (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
During a recent rebuild test it was detected that scilab builds Java bytecode
which is only compatible with Java >= 7.
The default-jdk in Ubuntu Quantal has been changed to OpenJDK 7 and all
packages that Build-Depend on default-jdk are being tested to ensure that
they produce bytecode which is backwards compatible with earlier versions
of Java.
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to resolve this issue and make sure that the Java bytecode built by this
package is compatible with earlier Java runtime environments.
Note that lintian in Ubuntu Quantal also contains a experimental check
which can detect this problem (incompatible-
this by using the -E flag when running lintian.
tags: | added: auto java7-bytecode quantal |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.