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Startup fails with OpenJDK 8 (Linux)

When trying to start the application under Linux with Java 8 OpenJDK, it fails with the following error message:

Error: Could not find or load main class kieker.diagnosis.Main

When changing to "original" Java 8 it works fine.

Affected versions: Release 1.0 and current 1.1 Jenkins build (#447)

OS: Linux

$ ls
bin  example  lib  LICENSE  teetime.log

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_65"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_65-b17)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)

$ ./bin/start
Error: Could not find or load main class kieker.diagnosis.Main

[Changed Java Version to 8 ("original")]

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_66"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode)

$ ./bin/start

[Application starts up]