diff -r 97bd5e7151bc -r 5c956be64b9e test/tools/javac/varargs/7042566/T7042566.java
--- a/test/tools/javac/varargs/7042566/T7042566.java	Wed Jan 23 15:08:03 2013 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/varargs/7042566/T7042566.java	Wed Jan 23 20:57:40 2013 +0000
@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 7042566
+ * @bug 7042566 8006694
  * @summary Unambiguous varargs method calls flagged as ambiguous
+ *  temporarily workaround combo tests are causing time out in several platforms
  * @library ../../lib
  * @build JavacTestingAbstractThreadedTest
- * @run main T7042566
+ * @run main/othervm T7042566
  */
 
+// use /othervm to avoid jtreg timeout issues (CODETOOLS-7900047)
+// see JDK-8006746
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Arrays;