Bug#923041: Scala interpreter cannot interpret files

[Emmanuel Bourg]

Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/scala/bug/issues/10603

Thank you for reporting this issue Fabian. It seems to be a known
upstream bug. The current workaround is to run 'scala -nc test.scala'.

Emmanuel Bourg

Bug#923041: Scala interpreter cannot interpret files

[Fabian Wolff]

Package: scala
Version: 2.11.12-4
Severity: important

Dear maintainer,

consider the following Scala script test.scala:

  println("Hello, world!")

If I try to run

  $ scala test.scala

I get the following output:

  error: Compile server encountered fatal condition: 
javax/tools/DiagnosticListener
  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.tools.DiagnosticListener
  [...]

Interestingly, the call stack differs for repeated executions, so I have not 
included it here.

Running scala -e 'println("Hello, world!")' produces a similar error message, 
but executing the code manually in the REPL seems to work.

Although the exception being thrown is a different one, this is probably 
related to #903140. In particular, I do not have Java 8 installed, and my 
default Java version is 11.


Please try to have a look at this soon - ideally, this problem should be fixed 
before the buster freeze, because it really does impact the usability of the 
package...

Kind regards,
Fabian