Please take a look at the webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8006564/webrev.00/
Bug is http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8006564The S11N.sh test uses /java to try to access old JDKs. When the test is running at Russia, /java exists but is on the other side of the globe, and a timeout happens.
This fix has created a jdk6-style class and use it to check for compatibility. Not precise but enough for this test.
Thanks Max