NoSuchMethodError: Matcher.quoteReplacement

[gitne at gmx.de]

On 01/11/2015 at 10:05 PM Jack Bates wrote:
> I get the following error when I try to build 2.5.3:
> 
> [...]
> /home/nottheoilrig/icedtea-2.5.3/generated.build/com/sun/corba/se/impl/logging/UtilSystemException.java
> An exception has occurred in the compiler (1.7.0_71_bootstrap). Please 
> file a bug at the Java Developer Connection 
> (http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport)  after checking the Bug Parade 
> for duplicates. Include your program and the following diagnostic in 
> your report.  Thank you.
> java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: method 
> java.util.regex.Matcher.quoteReplacement with signature 
> (Ljava.lang.String;)Ljava.lang.String; was not found.

This looks very odd. Did you compile the JDK yourself? What distro and/or JDK
version are you using?

> [...]
> 
> Any idea how to resolve it?
> Can I provide any additional details?
> I downloaded the IcedTea 2.5.3 archive,
> ran ./configure and make.
> 
> The following are lines from my config.log,
> are they helpful?
> 
> [...]
> configure:11304: checking if java.util.regex.Matcher.quoteReplacement is 
> missing
> configure:11354: result: yes
> [...]
> configure:11820: checking if the VM supports 1.7 bytecode
> javac: invalid source release: 7

Something really strange is going on with your compiler. Since it is supposed
to be JDK 1.7 it should also support Java Langauage Specification version 7.
Please check your JDK installation and/or paths and environment variable for
proper JAR file resolution.

> Usage: javac <options> <source files>
> use -help for a list of possible options
> configure:11850: result: no
> configure:11866: checking whether to disable the use of bootstrap tools 
> for bootstrapping
> configure:11890: result: yes
> [...]

Jacob