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This page summarizes currently known problems when running with java8, latest beta (1.8.0-ea-b119b124).

see also MNG-5551 for compilations issues

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If issues appear due to regression in JDK8, they can be filed at http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/

embedded mode does not work due to sun bug 9009028 - System.setProperties(null) corrupts java.home, turned into JDK-8030781. This affects at least maven-core and surefire.Issues registered by the Apache Maven team can found be found by label apache-maven-found

maven-verifier

maven-shade-plugin

Believed to have substantial problems due to ASM 5 being required. ASM5 has a tentative release date in march, with a current beta version and possibly another beta later.

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Running forkMode=never was fixed in 2.17 (unreleased as of yet). Building surefire on jdk8 requires using the -Dverifier.forkMode=once option (due to maven-verifier embedded mode issue).Requires b124

maven-javadoc-plugin

The javadoc executable has become stricter compared to previous versions:

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