Running javac with symlinks

[Bruno Alexandre Rosa]

Hi, everyone,

I came across a minor unusual situation trying to compile and run the java version of a benchmark suite [1]: in jdk9, when the source files are actually symlinks, the bytecode files are generated in the same directories as the *targets* of the links as opposed to the behavior in jdk8, whereas in the bytecode files are generated in the same path as the link themselves.

So, my question is: is this new behavior a feature or a bug?

Regards,
Bruno Rosa

[1] - https://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/
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