Bug#916840: groovy: FTBFS with Java 11 due to polymorphic signature calls & SecurityManager changes

[Emmanuel Bourg]

Package: src:groovy
Version: 2.4.15-3
Severity: serious
User: debian-java at lists.debian.org
Usertags: default-java11


groovy fails to build with Java 11, there are two different errors.

The first one:

  groovy-2.4.15/src/main/org/codehaus/groovy/vmplugin/v7/IndyInterface.java:236: error: polymorphic signature calls are not supported in -target 1.6
              return call.invokeExact(arguments);
                                     ^
    (use -target 1.7 or higher to enable polymorphic signature calls)


and the second one:

  groovy-2.4.15/subprojects/groovy-console/src/main/groovy/groovy/ui/text/StructuredSyntaxResources.java:44: error: cannot find symbol
                  mgr.checkSystemClipboardAccess();
                     ^
    symbol:   method checkSystemClipboardAccess()
    location: variable mgr of type SecurityManager