Bug 2340633

Summary: icedtea-web: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f42
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Fedora Release Engineering <releng>
Component: icedtea-webAssignee: Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 42CC: alexus_m, edgar.hoch, goeran, redhat-bugzilla
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Fixed In Version: icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc42 icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc40 icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc41 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:31:37 UTC
icedtea-web failed to build from source in Fedora rawhide/f42

https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=127987586


For details on the mass rebuild see:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
Please fix icedtea-web at your earliest convenience and set the bug's status to
ASSIGNED when you start fixing it. If the bug remains in NEW state for 8 weeks,
icedtea-web will be orphaned. Before branching of Fedora 43,
icedtea-web will be retired, if it still fails to build.

For more details on the FTBFS policy, please visit:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/

Comment 1 Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:31:39 UTC
Created attachment 2070439 [details]
build.log

Comment 2 Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:31:41 UTC
Created attachment 2070440 [details]
root.log

file root.log too big, will only attach last 32768 bytes

Comment 3 Fedora Release Engineering 2025-01-22 20:31:42 UTC
Created attachment 2070441 [details]
state.log

Comment 4 Aoife Moloney 2025-02-26 13:37:35 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 42 development cycle.
Changing version to 42.

Comment 5 Edgar Hoch 2025-04-17 14:39:36 UTC
Is there an alternative to icedtea-web, or will it be available again?

Comment 6 Robert Scheck 2025-04-17 15:03:51 UTC
I will try to make icedtea-web available for Fedora 42 (and RHEL 10) soon. Unfortunately, the icedtea-web code is aging while ongoing Java development removes old relicts and compatibilities, thus this is highly likely to break in the future again. The best option for the future is indeed to avoid all software requiring this ancient Java web start technology, because the software itself is already likely ancient, dead or similar bad. Having or using icedtea-web is actually riding a dead horse.

Comment 7 Edgar Hoch 2025-04-17 15:09:03 UTC
I agree, I often had problems with java web start.
But for example, some IPMI firmware for kvm remote console on older servers use java web start. (Newer firmware use HTML5.)

Thanks for your support!

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-05-02 23:47:30 UTC
FEDORA-2025-ff200da0f5 (icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc40) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-ff200da0f5

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-05-02 23:47:36 UTC
FEDORA-2025-431373af0f (icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-431373af0f

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-05-02 23:47:42 UTC
FEDORA-2025-726a39d79c (icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-726a39d79c

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2025-05-03 02:51:04 UTC
FEDORA-2025-726a39d79c has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-726a39d79c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-726a39d79c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2025-05-03 03:04:20 UTC
FEDORA-2025-431373af0f has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-431373af0f`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-431373af0f

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2025-05-03 03:26:36 UTC
FEDORA-2025-ff200da0f5 has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-ff200da0f5`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-ff200da0f5

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2025-05-11 01:16:19 UTC
FEDORA-2025-726a39d79c (icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2025-05-11 01:42:46 UTC
FEDORA-2025-ff200da0f5 (icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2025-05-11 02:31:26 UTC
FEDORA-2025-431373af0f (icedtea-web-1.8.8-8.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.