JavaC "-release" option no longer working?

[Mandy Chung]

The -release option was removed in jdk-9+135 [1]:
   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160851

Mandy
[1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/langtools/rev/047d4d42b466


> On Sep 19, 2016, at 6:31 AM, Uwe Schindler <uschindler at apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What is the JDK bugtracker issue about this? I am asking because I did not see any changelog entry about this, otherwise I would have figured it out. I don't have build 136 on my local machine yet, so I just posted what Jenkins was complaining about!
> 
> Uwe
> 
> -----
> Uwe Schindler
> uschindler at apache.org 
> ASF Member, Apache Lucene PMC / Committer
> Bremen, Germany
> http://lucene.apache.org/
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Remi Forax [mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr]
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 3:24 PM
>> To: Uwe Schindler <uschindler at apache.org>
>> Cc: rory odonnell <rory.odonnell at oracle.com>; Dalibor Topic
>> <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>; Balchandra Vaidya
>> <balchandra.vaidya at oracle.com>; Muneer Kolarkunnu
>> <abdul.kolarkunnu at oracle.com>; compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: Re: JavaC "-release" option no longer working?
>> 
>> Hi Uwe,
>> Most options of javac now use the GNU style,
>> so it's --release instead of -release.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Rémi
>> 
>> ----- Mail original -----
>>> De: "Uwe Schindler" <uschindler at apache.org>
>>> À: "rory odonnell" <rory.odonnell at oracle.com>, "Dalibor Topic"
>> <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>, "Balchandra Vaidya"
>>> <balchandra.vaidya at oracle.com>, "Muneer Kolarkunnu"
>> <abdul.kolarkunnu at oracle.com>
>>> Cc: compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> Envoyé: Lundi 19 Septembre 2016 15:05:22
>>> Objet: JavaC "-release" option no longer working?
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> The Lucene team is already using the new "-release" option instead of
>>> "-source"/"-target" where applicable (JDK 9+), to allow real cross-
>> compiling.
>>> Unfortunately, it is no longer working when we upgraded from build 134 to
>> build
>>> 136 last night on our Jenkins server:
>>> 
>>> http://jenkins.thetaphi.de/job/Lucene-Solr-master-Linux/17849/console
>>> 
>>> compile-core:
>>>   [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>   /home/jenkins/workspace/Lucene-Solr-master-
>> Linux/lucene/build/core/classes/java
>>>   [javac] Compiling 773 source files to
>>>   /home/jenkins/workspace/Lucene-Solr-master-
>> Linux/lucene/build/core/classes/java
>>>   [javac] javac: invalid flag: -release
>>>   [javac] Usage: javac <options> <source files>
>>>   [javac] use --help for a list of possible options
>>> 
>>> Is this an intended change - what's wrong? I did not see any log entries?
>>> 
>>> I reverted back to build 134 for now.
>>> 
>>> Uwe
>>> 
>>> -----
>>> Uwe Schindler
>>> uschindler at apache.org
>>> ASF Member, Apache Lucene PMC / Committer
>>> Bremen, Germany
>>> http://lucene.apache.org/
>