--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/FSInfo.java	Mon Sep 08 15:51:29 2014 +0200
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/FSInfo.java	Tue Sep 09 11:55:47 2014 -0400
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@
             for (StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(path);
                  st.hasMoreTokens(); ) {
                 String elt = st.nextToken();
-                try {
-                    File f = parent == null ? new File(elt): new File(file.toURI().resolve(elt));
-                    list.add(f);
-                } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {}
+                File f = new File(elt);
+                if (!f.isAbsolute() && parent != null)
+                    f = new File(parent,elt).getAbsoluteFile();
+                list.add(f);
             }
 
             return list;