I can confirm that poster #5 is correct - this was not been released into the main stream.
more /etc/os-release ... VERSION="16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)" sudo apt-get update ... sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. java -version Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true openjdk version "1.8.0_03-Ubuntu" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_03-Ubuntu-8u77-b03-3ubuntu3-b03) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.03-b03, mixed mode) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550244 Title: Wrong version set in latest openjdk-8 builds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/+bug/1550244/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs