[8u20] Request for Phase 2 approval for JDK-8036007: javac crashes when encountering an unresolvable interface

[Seán Coffey]

Approved. Rob has already taken care of pulling this fix into the 
8u20-dev forest.

regards,
Sean.

On 24/06/14 19:40, Dan Smith wrote:
> Bug report: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8036007
> 8u patch: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/langtools/rev/a138f9c9ba33
> jdk9 reviewers: vromero, jlahoda
>
> 8u20 already includes a fix for JDK-8034147 (http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/langtools/rev/37c7dbe8efee).  However, this fix depends on JDK-8036007.  Without it, the test included with JDK-8034147 fails, and the patch simply replaces one crash with another.
>
> Benefits of backport: eliminates an (uncommon) crash, fixes a failing test
> Risks of backport: none -- it's a one-line change that _only_ affects invocations that would otherwise crash with an AssertionError
>
> —Dan