Bug#884207: byte-buddy FTBFS: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.0.0:jar failed. NullPointerException

[Adrian Bunk]

Source: byte-buddy
Version: 1.7.9-1
Severity: serious

https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=byte-buddy&arch=all&ver=1.7.9-1&stamp=1513081592&raw=0

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[INFO] Reactor Summary:
[INFO] 
[INFO] Byte Buddy (parent) ................................ SUCCESS [  0.981 s]
[INFO] Byte Buddy (with dependencies) ..................... SUCCESS [ 50.736 s]
[INFO] Byte Buddy (without dependencies) .................. SUCCESS [  2.047 s]
[INFO] Byte Buddy (Maven plugin) .......................... FAILURE [  2.197 s]
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 56.584 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-12-12T12:26:27Z
[INFO] Final Memory: 37M/722M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.0.0:jar (default-cli) on project byte-buddy-maven-plugin: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:3.0.0:jar failed. NullPointerException -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR]   mvn <goals> -rf :byte-buddy-maven-plugin
dh_auto_build: /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java -noverify -cp /usr/share/maven/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.x.jar:/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/lib/tools.jar -Dmaven.home=/usr/share/maven -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>> -Dclassworlds.conf=/etc/maven/m2-debian.conf -Dproperties.file.manual=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/maven.properties org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher -s/etc/maven/settings-debian.xml -Ddebian.dir=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian -Dmaven.repo.local=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/maven-repo --batch-mode package javadoc:jar javadoc:aggregate -DskipTests -Dnotimestamp=true -Dlocale=en_US returned exit code 1
debian/rules:4: recipe for target 'build-indep' failed
make: *** [build-indep] Error 2