A heads up. This tweaks the way the compiler is run so that it is forced to look in .jars for pre-compiled .class files (and not accidently re-compile a .java file). (tks to tromey for figuring out the problem). With this in place, I'm able to built frysk on f8 with the --enable-jar-compile option. That option enables the "faster" sequence .java->.class->.jar->.o vs the slower .java->.o path. Going forward this option is likely to be made the default. Andrew