RFR (XS) 8188828 Intermittent ClassNotFoundException: jdk.test.lib.Platform for compiler tests

[David Holmes]

Hi Ioi,

This seems like a temporary workaround - fine for now - but what is the 
real fix here? It's crazy that one test library class can't use another 
class from the same test library!

Thanks,
David

On 7/10/2017 6:19 AM, Ioi Lam wrote:
> Please review this very simple change:
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8188828
> http://ioilinux.us.oracle.com/webrev/jdk10/8188828_compiler_test_class_not_found.v01/ 
> 
> 
> The dependency of
> 
>      FileInstaller -> Utils -> JDKToolLauncher -> Platform
> 
> has caused many intermittent ClassNotFoundException in the hotspot 
> nightly runs.
> While this fix does not address the root cause (proper dependencies are not
> specified in the test cases -- which we are planning to fix), we will 
> hopefully
> see much fewer occurrences of this annoying failure scenario.
> 
> Thanks a lot to Igor for suggesting the simple fix!
> 
> - Ioi
>