diff -r cfbf3c5d12dd -r ec66954fa850 langtools/test/tools/sjavac/CompileExcludingDependency.java
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+/*
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+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Tests compiling class A that depends on class B without compiling class B
+ * @bug 8054689
+ * @author Fredrik O
+ * @author sogoel (rewrite)
+ * @library /tools/lib
+ * @build Wrapper ToolBox
+ * @run main Wrapper CompileExcludingDependency
+ */
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.nio.file.*;
+
+public class CompileExcludingDependency extends SJavacTester {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        CompileExcludingDependency ced = new CompileExcludingDependency();
+        ced.test();
+    }
+
+    // Verify that excluding classes from compilation but not from linking works
+    void test() throws Exception {
+        Files.createDirectory(BIN);
+        clean(GENSRC,BIN);
+        Map<String,Long> previous_bin_state = collectState(BIN);
+        ToolBox tb = new ToolBox();
+        tb.writeFile(GENSRC.resolve("alfa/omega/A.java"),
+                 "package alfa.omega; public class A { beta.B b; }");
+        tb.writeFile(GENSRC.resolve("beta/B.java"),
+                 "package beta; public class B { }");
+
+        compile("-x", "beta", "-src", "gensrc", "-x", "alfa/omega", "-sourcepath", "gensrc",
+                "-d", "bin", SERVER_ARG);
+
+        Map<String,Long> new_bin_state = collectState(BIN);
+        verifyThatFilesHaveBeenAdded(previous_bin_state, new_bin_state,
+                                     "bin/alfa/omega/A.class",
+                                     "bin/javac_state");
+        clean(GENSRC, BIN);
+    }
+}