JDK-8215686 : FX build fails using gradle 5
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: javafx
  • Sub-Component: build
  • Affected Version: 8,openjfx11,openjfx12
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2018-12-19
  • Updated: 2020-01-31
  • Resolved: 2019-03-27
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JDK 8 Other
8u221Fixed openjfx11.0.4Fixed
Related Reports
Blocks :  
JDK-8218172 - Upgrade gradle to version 5.3
Duplicate :  
JDK-8210509 - maven publishing task causes gradle deprecation warning
Description
To reproduce, run the following with gradle 5.0:

$ gradle
...
> Task :buildSrc:compileGroovy
startup failed:
rt/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/com/sun/javafx/gradle/NativeCompileTask.groovy: 118: The variable [files] is declared final but is reassigned
. At [118:21]  @ line 118, column 21.
                       files += file;
                       ^

1 error

See https://github.com/javafxports/openjdk-jfx/pull/313 for more a discussion on this first problem.

The build errors with gradle 5 are more extensive than this one failure. Fixing that one problem allows the build to get a little farther, but it still doesn't make it through the configuration phase.
Comments
Changeset: 0ada894dd210 Author: kcr Date: 2019-03-27 05:02 -0700 URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/jfx-dev/rt/rev/0ada894dd210 8215686: FX build fails using gradle 5 Reviewed-by: aghaisas
27-03-2019
Pull request for review: https://github.com/javafxports/openjdk-jfx/pull/414
25-03-2019
After fixing the above, it still fails, so I am going to repurpose this bug to fix various issue that prevent FX from building with gradle 5. We will need to fix them eventually, but there is no urgency.
19-12-2018
The simple solution is to remove the "final" keyword, which really doesn't add any value. Another solution would be to use '.add()' instead of '+=' but I prefer the simpler solution.
19-12-2018