Since there is no javax/tools in the jdk, this seems indeed like a redundant line of makefile.
//Fredrik 2012/3/5 Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibb...@oracle.com>: > jdk/make/javax/others lists the following: > > # > # Files to compile > # > AUTO_FILES_JAVA_DIRS = \ > javax/naming \ > com/sun/naming/internal \ > javax/net \ > javax/script \ > javax/tools \ > javax/xml > > ... but javax.tools comes from langtools, and should not need to recompiled > here, right? > > -- Jon