1438167 - Android bootstrap fails with java9 (android's fault)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1477487

(Firefox Build System :: Bootstrap Configuration, defect)

Description

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Not our fault but I report a bug to help potential folks having the same issue.

$ /home/sylvestre/.mozbuild/android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager --package_file=/home/sylvestre/dev/mozilla/mozilla-inbound/python/mozboot/mozboot/android-packages.txt
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema
	at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule$SchemaModuleVersion.<init>(SchemaModule.java:156)
	at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule.<init>(SchemaModule.java:75)
	at com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler.<clinit>(AndroidSdkHandler.java:81)
	at com.android.sdklib.tool.SdkManagerCli.main(SdkManagerCli.java:117)
	at com.android.sdklib.tool.SdkManagerCli.main(SdkManagerCli.java:93)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:582)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:185)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:496)
	... 5 more

$  java --version
openjdk 9.0.1
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11-Debian-1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11-Debian-1, mixed mode)


Reverting to java 8 fixed the issue.

Comment 1

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him]]

I believe that this has been addressed by Bug 1477487.