I also tried the following command, and it also fails.
Another try
$ clj -X:deps prep
Downloading: org/clojure/tools.deps.cli/0.9.35/tools.deps.cli-0.9.35.pom from central
Downloading: org/clojure/tools.deps/0.18.1327/tools.deps-0.18.1327.pom from central
Downloading: org/slf4j/slf4j-nop/1.7.36/slf4j-nop-1.7.36.pom from central
(…)
Downloading: org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-api/3.8.6/maven-plugin-api-3.8.6.jar from central
Downloading: org/clojure/core.async/1.6.673/core.async-1.6.673.jar from central
Downloading: org/apache/maven/maven-artifact/3.8.6/maven-artifact-3.8.6.jar from central
Execution error (ClassCastException) at java.util.TimSort/binarySort (TimSort.java:296).
class clojure.lang.Keyword cannot be cast to class clojure.lang.Symbol (clojure.lang.Keyword and clojure.lang.Symbol are in unnamed module of loader ‘app’)
Full report at:
/tmp/clojure-17446059247664034537.edn
Log
$ cat /tmp/clojure-17446059247664034537.edn
{:clojure.main/message
“Execution error (ClassCastException) at java.util.TimSort/binarySort (TimSort.java:296).\nclass clojure.lang.Keyword cannot be cast to class clojure.lang.Symbol (clojure.lang.Keyword and clojure.lang.Symbol are in unnamed module of loader ‘app’)\n”,
:clojure.main/triage
{:clojure.error/class java.lang.ClassCastException,
:clojure.error/line 296,
:clojure.error/cause
“class clojure.lang.Keyword cannot be cast to class clojure.lang.Symbol (clojure.lang.Keyword and clojure.lang.Symbol are in unnamed module of loader ‘app’)”,
:clojure.error/symbol java.util.TimSort/binarySort,
:clojure.error/source “TimSort.java”,
:clojure.error/phase :execution},
:clojure.main/trace
{:via
[{:type java.lang.ClassCastException,
:message
“class clojure.lang.Keyword cannot be cast to class clojure.lang.Symbol (clojure.lang.Keyword and clojure.lang.Symbol are in unnamed module of loader ‘app’)”,
:at [clojure.lang.Symbol compareTo “Symbol.java” 107]}],
:trace
[[clojure.lang.Symbol compareTo “Symbol.java” 107]
[clojure.lang.Util compare “Util.java” 153]
[clojure.lang.APersistentVector
compareTo
“APersistentVector.java”
442]
[clojure.lang.Util compare “Util.java” 153]
[clojure.core$compare invokeStatic “core.clj” 842]
[clojure.core$compare invoke “core.clj” 833]
[clojure.lang.AFunction compare “AFunction.java” 51]
[java.util.TimSort binarySort “TimSort.java” 296]
[java.util.TimSort sort “TimSort.java” 221]
[java.util.Arrays sort “Arrays.java” 1233]
[clojure.core$sort invokeStatic “core.clj” 3116]
[clojure.core$sort invokeStatic “core.clj” 3103]
[clojure.core$sort invoke “core.clj” 3103]
[clojure.tools.deps$sort_paths invokeStatic “deps.clj” 568]
[clojure.tools.deps$sort_paths invoke “deps.clj” 564]
[clojure.tools.deps$flatten_libs invokeStatic “deps.clj” 585]
[clojure.tools.deps$flatten_libs invoke “deps.clj” 570]
[clojure.tools.deps$make_classpath_map invokeStatic “deps.clj” 603]
[clojure.tools.deps$make_classpath_map invoke “deps.clj” 591]
[clojure.tools.deps$calc_basis invokeStatic “deps.clj” 752]
[clojure.tools.deps$calc_basis invoke “deps.clj” 727]
[clojure.tools.deps$create_basis invokeStatic “deps.clj” 843]
[clojure.tools.deps$create_basis invoke “deps.clj” 787]
[clojure.tools.deps.cli.api$prep invokeStatic “api.clj” 61]
[clojure.tools.deps.cli.api$prep invoke “api.clj” 40]
[clojure.lang.Var invoke “Var.java” 384]
[clojure.run.exec$exec invokeStatic “exec.clj” 89]
[clojure.run.exec$exec invoke “exec.clj” 78]
[clojure.run.exec$_main$fn__219 invoke “exec.clj” 216]
[clojure.run.exec$_main invokeStatic “exec.clj” 212]
[clojure.run.exec$_main doInvoke “exec.clj” 180]
[clojure.lang.RestFn applyTo “RestFn.java” 137]
[clojure.lang.Var applyTo “Var.java” 705]
[clojure.core$apply invokeStatic “core.clj” 667]
[clojure.main$main_opt invokeStatic “main.clj” 514]
[clojure.main$main_opt invoke “main.clj” 510]
[clojure.main$main invokeStatic “main.clj” 664]
[clojure.main$main doInvoke “main.clj” 616]
[clojure.lang.RestFn applyTo “RestFn.java” 137]
[clojure.lang.Var applyTo “Var.java” 705]
[clojure.main main “main.java” 40]],
:cause
“class clojure.lang.Keyword cannot be cast to class clojure.lang.Symbol (clojure.lang.Keyword and clojure.lang.Symbol are in unnamed module of loader ‘app’)”}}