Bug 561333

Summary:	Fail to start Java 14 / Linux (Fedora 31)
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Michael Katzmann <vk2bea>
Component:	IDE	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	sbierman
Version:	4.15
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description Michael Katzmann

2020-03-21 19:51:15 EDT

Startup failure using Java 14

Version: 2020-03 (4.15.0)
Build id: 20200313-1211

with ... marketplace solution provides Java 14 support for Eclipse 2020-03 (4.15). 

Fails to start with the following error:

WARNING: Using incubator modules: jdk.incubator.foreign, jdk.incubator.jpackage
Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main
	java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null

This is a Linux (Fedora 31) installation.
I tried this with a new eclipse installation and had the same result.
Can only start with Java 13.

Comment 1 Michael Katzmann

2020-03-22 13:47:33 EDT

additional information:  It **DOES** works on Oracle Java release (java 14 2020-03-17) but not open JDK release.

OK:
java 14 2020-03-17
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 14+36-1461)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14+36-1461, mixed mode, sharing)

Fails to start:
openjdk version "14" 2020-03-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 19.9 (build 14+36)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 19.9 (build 14+36, mixed mode, sharing)

Comment 2 Silvio Bierman

2020-03-26 12:50:40 EDT

I have exactly the same problem on Fedora 32 beta. Worked fine with Java 13 but when java-latest-openjdk upgraded to Java 14 Eclipse would no longer start.

The bug at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=561273 suggests that it might be a more general problem with Java14.