ClassCircularityError running SQE test

alanb: I've replaced the description with a full stack trace so that the issue is clearer:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCircularityError: sun/util/cldr/CLDRLocaleDataMetaInfo
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:346)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:370)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.access$700(ServiceLoader.java:323)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator$2.run(ServiceLoader.java:407)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.next(ServiceLoader.java:409)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.next(ServiceLoader.java:480)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter$1.run(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:382)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter$1.run(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:377)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.createSupportedLocaleString(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:377)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.createLanguageTagSet(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:358)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.getLanguageTagSet(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:348)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.getNumberFormatProvider(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:206)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.getLocaleServiceProvider(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:97)
at sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter.findAdapter(LocaleProviderAdapter.java:284)
at sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter.getAdapter(LocaleProviderAdapter.java:254)
at java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance(NumberFormat.java:859)
at java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance(NumberFormat.java:442)
at java.text.MessageFormat.subformat(MessageFormat.java:1271)
at java.text.MessageFormat.format(MessageFormat.java:865)
at java.text.Format.format(Format.java:157)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyParser$ParsingException.<init>(PolicyParser.java:1409)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyParser.parseGrantEntry(PolicyParser.java:546)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyParser.read(PolicyParser.java:197)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.init(PolicyFile.java:605)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.access$400(PolicyFile.java:258)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile$3.run(PolicyFile.java:521)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile$3.run(PolicyFile.java:495)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.initPolicyFile(PolicyFile.java:495)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.initPolicyFile(PolicyFile.java:488)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.init(PolicyFile.java:439)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.<init>(PolicyFile.java:297)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:409)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:439)
at java.security.Policy.getPolicyNoCheck(Policy.java:184)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:272)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:435)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:894)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:541)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPackageAccess(SecurityManager.java:1479)
at java.lang.ClassLoader$1.run(ClassLoader.java:504)
at java.lang.ClassLoader$1.run(ClassLoader.java:502)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.checkPackageAccess(ClassLoader.java:502)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:762)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:462)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:73)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:367)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:426)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:359)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:346)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:370)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.access$700(ServiceLoader.java:323)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator$2.run(ServiceLoader.java:407)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.next(ServiceLoader.java:409)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.next(ServiceLoader.java:480)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter$1.run(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:382)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter$1.run(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:377)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.createSupportedLocaleString(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:377)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.createLanguageTagSet(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:358)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.getLanguageTagSet(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:348)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.getNumberFormatProvider(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:206)
at sun.util.locale.provider.JRELocaleProviderAdapter.getLocaleServiceProvider(JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java:97)
at sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter.findAdapter(LocaleProviderAdapter.java:284)
at sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter.getAdapter(LocaleProviderAdapter.java:254)
at java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance(NumberFormat.java:859)
at java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance(NumberFormat.java:442)
at java.text.MessageFormat.subformat(MessageFormat.java:1271)
at java.text.MessageFormat.format(MessageFormat.java:865)
at java.text.Format.format(Format.java:157)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyParser$ParsingException.<init>(PolicyParser.java:1409)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyParser.parseGrantEntry(PolicyParser.java:546)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyParser.read(PolicyParser.java:197)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.init(PolicyFile.java:605)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.access$400(PolicyFile.java:258)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile$3.run(PolicyFile.java:521)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile$3.run(PolicyFile.java:495)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.initPolicyFile(PolicyFile.java:495)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.initPolicyFile(PolicyFile.java:488)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.init(PolicyFile.java:439)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.<init>(PolicyFile.java:297)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:409)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:439)
at java.security.Policy.getPolicyNoCheck(Policy.java:184)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:272)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:435)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:894)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:541)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(SecurityManager.java:1285)
at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:713)
at PBPolicy.main(PBPolicy.java:12)