Reported here:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2015-July/009687.html

Consider this test case:
--- CFInImport.java
/**
 * @test
 * @compile Bar.java Super.java
 * @clean p.Super
 * @compile CFInImport.java
 */
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import static p.Bar.CONST;

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface Foo {}
---
--- Bar.java
package p;

public class Bar extends Super {}
---
--- Super.java
package p;

public class Super {
  public static int CONST = 42;
}
---

Running it will lead to:
---
.../CFInImport.java:12: error: annotation type not applicable to this kind of declaration
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
^
1 error
result: Error. compiler crashed (exit code 4)
---

The error is incorrect, but is only a consequence of javac crashing with a CompletionFailure.