jdk1.3's javac (java version "1.3.0rc1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0rc1-U)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0rc1-S, interpreted mode))

fails to check the validity of the import declaration in the following test case:

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/*
 * @test @(#)NoClass.java 1.1 98/01/13
 * @bug 4041851
 * @summary The gramamr allows java files without class or interface
 * declarations; when the compiler encountered this, it failed
 * to check the validity of import declarations.
 * @author turnidge
 *
 * @compile/fail -nowrite NoClass.java
 */

import nonexistent.pack.cls;
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