Name: el35337 Date: 04/04/98


The JDK 1.2beta3 compiler doesn't *append* the
builtin classpath to the user's CLASSPATH
environment as documented. Instead, the compiler's
builtin classpath *precedes* the classes listed
in CLASSPATH.
This prevents several sources from compiling, e. g.
sources that rely on an org.omg.CORBA package not
contributed by Sun, because the compiler always
uses the builtin org.omg.CORBA classes instead of
those explicitly listed in the CLASSPATH. So you
can't override any class that comes with the JDK
archive.
This behavior is new in JDK 1.2beta3 and was not present
in JDK 1.2beta3 or JDK 1.1.x.
(Review ID: 27145)
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