(test case, in pre-built form, incl. directory structure, is attached as a compressed tar file)

Name: krT82822 Date: 08/26/99


We use symlinks to select between different O(R)BS's generated
Java from IDL. (Don't ask!) The new javac doesn't follow
symlinks to directories, so this doesn't work. Here's an
example:

1:
78 % ls -lR
.:
total 18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 71 Aug 26 17:19 P.java
drwxr-xr-x 2 jws staff 8192 Aug 26 17:20 other-sub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jws staff 9 Aug 26 17:18 sub -> other-sub

./other-sub:
total 2
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 57 Aug 26 17:19 Q.java
79 % cat P.java
package test;

import test.sub.Q;


public class P {
    public Q q;
}
80 % cat sub/Q.java
package test.sub;


public class Q {
    public int i;
}
81 % which javac
/share/packages/Java/jdk1.2/bin/javac
82 % /share/packages/Java/jdk1.2/bin/javac P.java
83 % !l
ls -lR
.:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 208 Aug 26 17:21 P.class
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 71 Aug 26 17:19 P.java
drwxr-xr-x 2 jws staff 8192 Aug 26 17:21 other-sub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jws staff 9 Aug 26 17:18 sub -> other-sub

./other-sub:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 201 Aug 26 17:21 Q.class
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 57 Aug 26 17:19 Q.java
84 % !rm
rm *.class sub/*.class
rm: remove P.class (yes/no)? y
rm: remove sub/Q.class (yes/no)? y
85 % !ls
ls -lR
.:
total 18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 71 Aug 26 17:19 P.java
drwxr-xr-x 2 jws staff 8192 Aug 26 17:22 other-sub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jws staff 9 Aug 26 17:18 sub -> other-sub

./other-sub:
total 2
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 57 Aug 26 17:19 Q.java
86 % ~java/jdk1.3/bin/javac -verbose P.java
[parsing started P.java]
[parsing completed 604ms]
P.java:3: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Q
location: package sub
import test.sub.Q;
                ^
[loading /a/share/mounts/b/java/jdk1.3/jre/lib/rt.jar(java/lang/Object.class)]
P.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Q
location: class test.P
    public Q q;
           ^
[checking test.P]
[total 2506ms]
2 errors
87 % !ls
ls -lR
.:
total 18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 71 Aug 26 17:19 P.java
drwxr-xr-x 2 jws staff 8192 Aug 26 17:22 other-sub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jws staff 9 Aug 26 17:18 sub -> other-sub

./other-sub:
total 2
-rw-r--r-- 1 jws staff 57 Aug 26 17:19 Q.java
88 % echo $CLASSPATH
/usr/users/jws/src/java:
89 % /bin/pwd
/a/hosts2/all/home/staff/jws/src/java/test

2:
See 1.
3:
See 1.
4:
See 1.
5:
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-O)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-O-release, 1.3beta-O-release, interpreted mode)
java full version "1.3beta-O"
(Review ID: 94420)
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