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

[Ioi Lam]

Sorry I used an internal URL. Here's the proper openjdk URL:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk10/8188828_compiler_test_class_not_found.v01/

Thanks

- Ioi


On 10/6/17 1:19 PM, 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
>