javac misses a file

[turncom]

I have some code that compiles just fine on Windows 2000.

I then transfer the *.java files (67 in number) to a Linux box. (Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1AS/i686 Pensacola to be specific.) When I compile it, javac misses the first file alphabetically. I transfered all the files in the same manner, so it shouldn't be an issue of corruption.

So, here' my hack. I make a dummy class - aaaa.java. It does nothing. But it is before everything alphabetically. Now everything compiles, including aaaa.class.

Does anyone have a clue what is going on here? We run our code from Development to Integration and finally to Production. THE SAME THING happens on the Development and Integration boxes. I DON'T want to do this silly dance in Production.

Has anyone had this experience? Does javac miss a file? And remember, it doesn't give an error message. It's like it doesn't see the file at all.

 

[sedj]

type `which java`. In my past experience, if this is the gnu (gcj) compiler/JVM then it is *not very good*. If this is the case, I'd install the latest Sun SDK.

 

[sedj]

I'm going mad.

Not `which java` but java -version

 

[turncom]

Here's what I get:
wturner.DEV.pdc-al-lnx21> java -version
java version "1.3.1_03"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_03-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_03-b03, mixed mode)

I suppose that means it's Sun's and it's version 1.3.1_03-b03.

So, has anyone had compilation problems on Red Hat with this version of Java?

 

[sedj]

Hmmmm... we've never come across that one before ... bizaar.

 

[jstreich]

1.3.1? try upgrading to 1.4, may be an old bug or some other devilry. Just a suggestion.

 

[turncom]

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

Since on one else has experienced my problem, I have decided that it is one of the following:
-my file really is corrupt (even though I don't see how)
-the server has some odd configuration
-the administrator of the server is messing with my head

Although the third is always a possibility (and no doubt deserved) I think it is probabily the first.