Bug#708405: jetty: Fails to build from source on wheezy

[Len Sorensen]

Package: jetty
Version: 6.1.26-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)

I am trying to create a small subset of wheezy that is self contained,
and as part of building things, jetty failed to build.  Strangely it looks
a lot like an old bug #642783, although that was supposedly fixed by an
update to geronimo, and the fixed version of that is what is in wheezy.

I can provide the build log if that would help, but the error seen is:

    [javadoc] Constructing Javadoc information...
    [javadoc] /build/www-data-jetty_6.1.26-1-i386-njNJoQ/jetty-6.1.26/modules/plus/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/plus/naming/Transaction.java:19: cannot find symbol
    [javadoc] symbol  : class UserTransaction
    [javadoc] location: package javax.transaction
    [javadoc] import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
    [javadoc]                         ^
    [javadoc] Standard Doclet version 1.6.0_27
    [javadoc] Building tree for all the packages and classes...
    [javadoc] /build/www-data-jetty_6.1.26-1-i386-njNJoQ/jetty-6.1.26/modules/plus/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/plus/naming/Transaction.java:58: cannot find symbol
    [javadoc] symbol  : class UserTransaction
    [javadoc] location: class org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Transaction
    [javadoc]     public Transaction (UserTransaction userTransaction)
    [javadoc]                         ^

and

      [javac] /build/www-data-jetty_6.1.26-1-i386-njNJoQ/jetty-6.1.26/modules/plus/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/plus/naming/Transaction.java:19: cannot find symbol
      [javac] symbol  : class UserTransaction
      [javac] location: package javax.transaction
      [javac] import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
      [javac]                         ^
      [javac] /build/www-data-jetty_6.1.26-1-i386-njNJoQ/jetty-6.1.26/modules/plus/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/plus/naming/Transaction.java:58: cannot find symbol
      [javac] symbol  : class UserTransaction
      [javac] location: class org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Transaction
      [javac]     public Transaction (UserTransaction userTransaction)
      [javac]                         ^
      [javac] Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
      [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
      [javac] 2 errors

Any idea what the problem is and how to fix it?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash