diff -r 899f7c3d9426 -r 875262e89b52 test/tools/javac/5017953/T5017953.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/5017953/T5017953.java	Thu Feb 03 09:36:28 2011 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * @test  /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 5017953
+ * @summary spurious cascaded diagnostics when name not found
+ * @compile/fail/ref=T5017953.out -XDrawDiagnostics T5017953.java
+ */
+
+class T5017953 {
+
+    int f = 0;
+    void test(int i) {}
+
+    {   test(NonExistentClass.f ++);
+        test(1 + NonExistentClass.f);
+        test(NonExistentClass.f + 1);
+        test(NonExistentClass.f + NonExistentClass.f);
+        test(NonExistentClass.f += 1);
+        test(f += NonExistentClass.f);
+    }
+}