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[Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 22.10.2014 um 00:20 schrieb Thomas Klute:
> Package: openjdk-8-jre-jamvm
> Version: 8u40~b09-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Any attempt to use JamVM, even just checking the version, results in
> failure with the following error message:
> 
> $ java -jamvm -version
> Error initialising VM (initialiseClassStage2)
> ClassBlock padding is less than java.lang.Class fields!
> Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
> Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
> 
> The previous version 8u40~b04-2 worked without problems. The problem
> occurs equally with the Sid package (chroot environment) and a locally
> built backport from the Sid sources to Wheezy, all on amd64. Using the
> default VM from openjdk-8-jre-headless, Java works as expected.

yes, that broke with the recent security related updates. known upstream.