cannot find essential class 'java/lang/Object'?

[veillard at rufus.w3.org]

[Repost of bouned message, Daniel.
 Author: kpeters at iname.com         ]


>Submitter-Id:  kaffe-user
>Originator: 	Kit Peters	
>Organization:	
>Confidential:  no
>Synopsis:	Cannot find essential class 'java/lang/Object' in class library 
>Severity:	critical 
>Priority:	high 
>Category: 	
>Class:		sw-bug 
>Release:	0.9.2
>Environment: 
	System: Linux localhost 2.0.30 #1 Sun Oct 19 21:49:03 CDT 1997 i486 unknown
	Architecture: Cyrix 5x86 
	Machine: Unknown
>Description:
	i try to interpret a class using kaffe (kaffe HelloWorld.class)
	returns "Cannot find essential class 'java/lang/Object' in class library
	... aborting."  Consistent, even after recompiling the source using 
	guavac.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix: