We got the following exception while tring to build the javadocs on the latest JDK1.2 workpace. I have appended the build log as well ..

$ gmake releasedocs
rm -rf ../.././build/solaris/release/doc/api ../.././build/doc/api
mkdir -p ../.././build/solaris/release/doc/api/images ../.././build/doc/api/images
mkdir -p /tmp/javadoc/sun/tools/java
cp sun/javac/RuntimeConstants.java /tmp/javadoc/sun/tools/java
../.././build/solaris/bin/java -green -mx128m -classpath ../.././build/solaris/classes sun.tools.javadoc.Main -d ../.././build/doc/api -sourcepath ../.././src/share/classes:/tmp/javadoc java.io java.lang java.lang.reflect java.util java.util.zlib java.awt java.awt.im java.awt.image java.awt.event java.java2d java.net java.applet java.sql java.rmi sun.tools.debug java.text java.beans org.omg.CORBA org.omg.CORBA.portable org.omg.CosNaming org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage org.omg.CORBA.InterfaceDefPackage org.omg.CORBA.ContainedPackage org.omg.CORBA.ContainerPackage org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage
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sun.tools.java.CompilerError: checkMeet(), no abstract method
at sun.tools.java.MemberDefinition.checkMeet(MemberDefinition.java:583)
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.collectOneClass(ClassDefinition.java:966)
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.collectInheritedMethods(ClassDefinition.java:1085)
at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.basicCheck(SourceClass.java:846)
at sun.tools.java.ClassDeclaration.getClassDefinition(ClassDeclaration.java:122)
at sun.tools.javadoc.Info.getClassDefinition(Info.java:92)
at sun.tools.javadoc.PackageInfo.initInfo(PackageInfo.java:126)
at sun.tools.javadoc.JavaDocInfo.setPackages(JavaDocInfo.java:136)
at sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:408)
../.././src/share/classes/java/awt/Rectangle.java:50: The method Rectangle2D getBounds2D() declared in class java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface java.awt.Shape. They must have the same return type.
public class Rectangle extends Rectangle2D
             ^
../.././src/share/classes/java/awt/Rectangle.java:458: The method Rectangle2D getBounds2D() declared in class java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface java.awt.Shape. They must have the same return type.
public class Rectangle extends Rectangle2D
             ^
../.././src/share/classes/java/awt/Rectangle.java:458: The method Rectangle2D getBounds2D() declared in class java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface java.awt.Shape. They must have the same return type.
     * This method is included for completeness, to parallel the
                            ^
error: An error has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi).
gmake: [javadocs] Error 1 (ignored)