--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/loader/BootLoader.java	Fri Apr 22 15:05:54 2016 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/loader/BootLoader.java	Fri Apr 22 09:43:19 2016 -0700
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Layer;
 import java.lang.reflect.Module;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -184,9 +185,9 @@
 
         /**
          * Define the {@code Package} with the given name. The specified
-         * location is a jrt URL to a named module in the run-time image, a
-         * file path to a module in an exploded run-time image, or the file
-         * path to an enty on the boot class path (java agent Boot-Class-Path
+         * location is a jrt URL to a named module in the run-time image,
+         * a file URL to a module in an exploded run-time image, or a file
+         * path to an entry on the boot class path (java agent Boot-Class-Path
          * or -Xbootclasspath/a.
          *
          * <p> If the given location is a JAR file containing a manifest,
@@ -194,7 +195,9 @@
          * the manifest, if present.
          *
          * @param name     package name
-         * @param location location where the package is (jrt URL or file path)
+         * @param location location where the package is (jrt URL or file URL
+         *                 for a named module in the run-time or exploded image;
+         *                 a file path for a package from -Xbootclasspath/a)
          */
         static Package definePackage(String name, String location) {
             Module module = findModule(location);
@@ -222,9 +225,9 @@
             if (location.startsWith("jrt:/")) {
                 // named module in runtime image ("jrt:/".length() == 5)
                 mn = location.substring(5, location.length());
-            } else {
+            } else if (location.startsWith("file:/")) {
                 // named module in exploded image
-                Path path = Paths.get(location);
+                Path path = Paths.get(URI.create(location));
                 Path modulesDir = Paths.get(JAVA_HOME, "modules");
                 if (path.startsWith(modulesDir)) {
                     mn = path.getFileName().toString();