Name: mf23781 Date: 01/09/98


javac enters an infinite loop printing out the message

  error: I/O error in /tmp/test_package/B.class.

when it encounters a .class file that is a soft link that
points to a non-existent file.

Test case can be reproduced as follows

  1. mkdir /tmp/test_package
  2. cd /tmp/test_package
  3. cat > A.java
     package test_package;

     public class A
     {
       public static void A()
       {
         B b;
       }
     }
     ^D
  4. export CLASSPATH=/tmp
  5. ln -s .deletedFile B.class
  6. javac A.java

The function loadDefinition in file
sun/tools/javac/BatchEnvironment.java does not call
c.setDefinition to reset the status before returning
on line 344.
This function is called from inside a for (;;) loop in the
function getClassDefinition() in the file
sun/tools/java/ClassDeclaration.java
If the status is not modified then the for (;;) loop will
continue indefinitley

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It should be noted that this is not the only place that
loadDefinition returns without setting the status and the
rest of the function needs to be investigated
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