Error When Using Maven to Compile Google Guava From Source Code - maven

Question

I have cloned the Google Guava Project (https://github.com/google/guava) to my local Mac computer
I ran mvn validate beforehand without any issues.
When running the command mvn clean and then mvn package, I ran into this error.
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:testCompile
(default-testCompile) on project guava-tests: Compilation failure:
Compilation failure: [ERROR]
/Users/MY_USERNAME/guava/guava-tests/benchmark/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesGetCheckedBenchmark.java:[37,25]
package java.security.acl does not exist
The guava unit testing library ran correctly but the "guava unit
tests" failed. I'm not sure why it's not working out of the box, and
so I would love any recommendations for how to get the project
working, even if it doesn't fix this particular error.
I'm including the full error message below for reference (with -e
flag)
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:testCompile
(default-testCompile) on project guava-tests: Compilation failure:
Compilation failure: [ERROR]
/Users/MY_USERNAME/guava/guava-tests/benchmark/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesGetCheckedBenchmark.java:[37,25]
package java.security.acl does not exist [ERROR]
/Users/MY_USERNAME/guava/guava-tests/benchmark/com/google/common/util/concurrent/FuturesGetCheckedBenchmark.java:[96,11]
cannot find symbol [ERROR] symbol: class NotOwnerException [ERROR]
location: class
com.google.common.util.concurrent.FuturesGetCheckedBenchmark [ERROR]
/Users/MY_USERNAME/guava/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/reflect/TypeTokenTest.java:[421,11]
types java.lang.CharSequence and java.util.List are incompatible;
[ERROR] class
java.lang.Object&java.util.List<java.lang.String>&java.lang.CharSequence
inherits abstract and default for isEmpty() from types
java.lang.CharSequence and java.util.List [ERROR]
/Users/MY_USERNAME/guava/guava-tests/test/com/google/common/reflect/TypeTokenTest.java:[435,11]
types java.lang.CharSequence and java.util.List are incompatible;
[ERROR] class
java.lang.Object&java.util.List<java.lang.String>&java.lang.CharSequence
inherits abstract and default for isEmpty() from types
java.lang.CharSequence and java.util.List [ERROR] -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to
execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:testCompile
(default-testCompile) on project guava-tests: Compilation failure
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:215)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject
(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject
(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build
(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:972)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:293)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:196)
at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:568)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced
(Launcher.java:282)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode
(Launcher.java:406)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347) Caused by:
org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.CompilationFailureException:
Compilation failure
at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute (AbstractCompilerMojo.java:1220)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.TestCompilerMojo.execute (TestCompilerMojo.java:180)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject
(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject
(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build
(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:972)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:293)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:196)
at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:568)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced
(Launcher.java:282)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode
(Launcher.java:406)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)

Answer 1

We don't have the Guava build working with newer versions of Java (like Java 17): https://github.com/google/guava/issues/5801