--- a/jaxp/src/com/sun/org/apache/xalan/internal/xsltc/trax/TransformerFactoryImpl.java	Wed Jul 05 18:46:58 2017 +0200
+++ b/jaxp/src/com/sun/org/apache/xalan/internal/xsltc/trax/TransformerFactoryImpl.java	Mon Feb 18 11:33:35 2013 -0800
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 import com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.dom.XSLTCDTMManager;
 import com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.utils.ObjectFactory;
 import com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.utils.FactoryImpl;
-
+import com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.utils.SecuritySupport;
 
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLFilter;
@@ -881,8 +881,14 @@
         // Check that the transformation went well before returning
     if (bytecodes == null) {
 
-        ErrorMsg err = new ErrorMsg(ErrorMsg.JAXP_COMPILE_ERR);
-        TransformerConfigurationException exc =  new TransformerConfigurationException(err.toString());
+        Vector errs = xsltc.getErrors();
+        ErrorMsg err = null;
+        if (errs != null) {
+            err = (ErrorMsg)errs.get(errs.size()-1);
+        } else {
+            err = new ErrorMsg(ErrorMsg.JAXP_COMPILE_ERR);
+        }
+        TransformerConfigurationException exc =  new TransformerConfigurationException(err.toString(), err.getCause());
 
         // Pass compiler errors to the error listener
         if (_errorListener != null) {
@@ -1229,7 +1235,7 @@
         // Find the parent directory of the translet.
         String transletParentDir = transletFile.getParent();
         if (transletParentDir == null)
-            transletParentDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
+            transletParentDir = SecuritySupport.getSystemProperty("user.dir");
 
         File transletParentFile = new File(transletParentDir);