Hi,

Rostislav Svoboda <rostislav.svoboda@gmail.com> skribis:

> From 1e86e32825a5025b4ef439e7f678143416f622b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> Message-ID: <1e86e32825a5025b4ef439e7f678143416f622b5.1704815654.git.Rostislav.Svoboda@gmail.com>
> From: Rostislav Svoboda <Rostislav.Svoboda@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 14:08:02 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Fix time bomb preventing build of icedtea.
>
> Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68333>.
>
> Fixes time bomb preventing build of icedtea by patching the java source code
> so that the java-RuntimeException is not thrown when 'more than 10 years ago'
> condition is true.
>
> * gnu/packages/java.scm (icedtea): Patch java source code so that the
> offending line is commented out.
>
> Change-Id: I4861ee2ffc5aaffb6a9244110d222ae64bfbdf94

Thanks for the quick investigation and patch!  I just realized that this
affects current ‘master’ so we’d rather fix it soon.

What do you think of the attached patch?  The difference is that it
patches code at its root (in the actual source tarball rather than after
it’s been copied), it does so for IcedTea 7 and 8, and there are patch
files that are slightly clearer than a substitution pattern.

It’s still building on my machine but if it works for everyone, I’d like
to push as soon as I got it built.

Ludo’.