[MCOMPILER-253] testCompile (3.x) may not display error message when fork=true

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.6.0

Environment

Apache Maven 3.2.5 (12a6b3acb947671f09b81f49094c53f426d8cea1; 2014-12-14T18:29:23+01:00)
Maven home: /usr/local/apache-maven/default
Java version: 1.7.0_80, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre
Default locale: fr_FR, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "3.13.0-37-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Julien Herr
• Created: 25/Sep/15 14:37
• Updated: 09/Oct/16 20:22
• Resolved: 09/Oct/16 20:22

Description

Since 3.0, the following message is not displayed when `<fork>true</true>`.

```
An exception has occurred in the compiler (1.7.0_80). Please file a bug at the Java Developer Connection (http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport) after checking the Bug Parade for duplicates. Include your program and the following diagnostic in your report. Thank you.
com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol$CompletionFailure: class file for java.util.Optional not found
```

The root cause could be in plexus-compiler: https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-compiler/issues/15