I have the same issue and I use the latest version of JaCoCo. It worked with the previous Java version (8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.18.04.1).
Stacktrace: [ERROR] Error occurred in starting fork, check output in log [ERROR] Process Exit Code: 1 [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:671) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:533) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:278) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:244) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1194) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1022) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:868) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:154) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:146) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:309) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:194) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:107) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:955) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:290) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:194) [ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) [ERROR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [ERROR] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800792 Title: Update to 8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 breaks Maven builds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-11/+bug/1800792/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
