Patch: fix for PR libgcj/1351

[Bryce McKinlay]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> I'm checking this in.  I don't think it is important enough to go on
> the branch, given that Thread.interrupt() doesn't currently work
> anyway.

I should point out Thread.interrupt() _does_ work - it just doesn't interrupt blocked I/O, which
isn't supported on many other common VM implementations either. It does provide the sleep/wait
interrupt functionality, which is portable across other VM platforms.

regards

  [ bryce ]