Bug ID: JDK-6236704 bad jar files ignored in extension and endorsed dirs

Type: Bug
Component: tools
Sub-Component: javac
Affected Version: 6

Priority: P3
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 2005-03-06
Updated: 2017-05-16
Resolved: 2006-03-23

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JDK 6
6 b78Fixed

I noticed that com.sun.tools.javac.jvm.ClassReader.list ignores IOExceptions.
This leads javac to ignore bad jar files found in ext and endoresed dirs.  Errors
should never be silently ignored as they can help users diagnose problems.

###@###.### 2005-03-06 23:38:53 GMT

SUGGESTED FIX Index: com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java @@ -1753,9 +1753,8 @@ try { archive = openArchive(directory); } catch (IOException ex) { - // See 6236704, awaiting CCC approval - // log.error(Position.NOPOS, "error.reading.file", - // directory, ex.getLocalizedMessage()); + log.error(Position.NOPOS, "error.reading.file", + directory, ex.getLocalizedMessage()); return; } if (subdirectory.length() != 0) { ###@###.### 2005-05-18 02:26:20 GMT

18-05-2005

EVALUATION This should be addressed in mustang. ###@###.### 2005-03-06 23:44:12 GMT

06-03-2005

Relates :	JDK-4977607 - Compilation error java.lang.InternalError: jzentry == 0
Relates :	JDK-6295519 - javac throws ZipException when you have invalid files in classpath
Relates :	JDK-6239036 - (cl) classLoader must be able to provide better diagnostics when encountering a malformed JAR