Based on https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-java/trunk/libxerces2-java/debian/patches/03_bootclasspath.patch?revision=14509, adopted for guix --- xerces-2_11_0/build.xml.orig 2010-11-26 21:42:11.000000000 +0100 +++ xerces-2_11_0/build.xml 2017-03-28 14:04:41.946606996 +0200 @@ -290,13 +290,14 @@ destdir="${build.dest}" source="${javac.source}" target="${javac.target}" - classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}:${tools.dir}/${jar.resolver}:${tools.dir}/${jar.serializer}" + classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${jar.jaxp}:${jar.apis-ext}:${jar.resolver}" debug="${debug}" nowarn="true" debuglevel="${debuglevel}" deprecation="${deprecation}" optimize="${optimize}" includeAntRuntime="false" - includeJavaRuntime="false" + includeJavaRuntime="true" + bootclasspath="${jar.jaxp}:${jar.apis-ext}:${jar.resolver}" excludes="org/xml/sax/** javax/xml/** org/w3c/dom/* @@ -1451,13 +1452,14 @@ destdir="${build.dest}" source="${javac.source}" target="${javac.target}" - classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}:${tools.dir}/${jar.resolver}:${tools.dir}/${jar.serializer}" + classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${jar.jaxp}:${jar.apis-ext}:${jar.resolver}" debug="${debug}" debuglevel="${debuglevel}" deprecation="${deprecation}" optimize="${optimize}" includeAntRuntime="false" - includeJavaRuntime="false" + includeJavaRuntime="true" + bootclasspath="${jar.jaxp}:${jar.apis-ext}:${jar.resolver}" excludes="org/xml/sax/** javax/xml/** org/w3c/dom/*