Compiler crash when overriding Java var-arg constructor

[kavedaa]

Compiler version

3.2.2, 3.3.0-RC1

Minimized code

Java:

public class Foo {
  public Foo(String... xs) { }
}

Scala:

class Bar extends Foo {
  def this(xs: String*) = this()
}

Output (click arrow to expand)

[info] compiling 1 Scala source and 1 Java source to E:\prog\jvm\scala\bugs\java-varargs\target\scala-3.2.2\classes ...
java.lang.AssertionError: assertion failed: constructor Bar in class Bar while running MegaPhase{crossVersionChecks, protectedAccessors, extmethods, uncacheGivenAliases, elimByName, hoistSuperArgs, forwardDepChecks, specializeApplyMethods, tryCatchPatterns, patternMatcher} on E:\prog\jvm\scala\bugs\java-varargs\src\main\scala\Bar.scala
[info] exception occurred while compiling E:\prog\jvm\scala\bugs\java-varargs\src\main\scala\Bar.scala
java.lang.AssertionError: assertion failed: constructor Bar in class Bar while compiling E:\prog\jvm\scala\bugs\java-varargs\src\main\java\Foo.java, E:\prog\jvm\scala\bugs\java-varargs\src\main\scala\Bar.scala
[error] ## Exception when compiling 2 sources to E:\prog\jvm\scala\bugs\java-varargs\target\scala-3.2.2\classes
[error] java.lang.AssertionError: assertion failed: constructor Bar in class Bar
[error] scala.runtime.Scala3RunTime$.assertFailed(Scala3RunTime.scala:8)
[error] dotty.tools.dotc.transform.ForwardDepChecks.checkSelfConstructorCall(ForwardDepChecks.scala:117)
[error] dotty.tools.dotc.transform.ForwardDepChecks.transformApply(ForwardDepChecks.scala:123)
[error] dotty.tools.dotc.transform.ForwardDepChecks.transformApply(ForwardDepChecks.scala:120)
[error] dotty.tools.dotc.transform.MegaPhase.goApply(MegaPhase.scala:650)

[prolativ]

This used to work until 3.0.2 and then from 3.1.0 up to 3.1.2 this was a compilation error rather than a crash

[prolativ]

The first breakage seems to be in 8130c32
However the compilation error in 3.1.0-3.1.2 is quite strange (or at least the position of the error doesn't seem to match the message):

[error] ./varargs/Bar.scala:1:7
[error] secondary constructor must call a preceding constructor
[error] class Bar extends Foo {
[error]       ^