1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java b/libjava/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java
index c65809129ba..a20be1cb74d 100644
--- a/libjava/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java
+++ b/libjava/java/net/PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java
@@ -68,9 +68,24 @@ class PlainDatagramSocketImpl extends DatagramSocketImpl
   private native void mcastGrp(InetAddress inetaddr, boolean join)
 	throws IOException;
 
-  protected void close() throws IOException
+  protected void close()
   {
-    fd.close();
+    // FIXME: The close method in each of the DatagramSocket* classes does
+    // not throw an IOException.  The issue is that FileDescriptor.close()
+    // in natFileDescriptorPosix.cc can throw one, so we have to catch
+    // it here.  It seems that FileDescriptor.close is properly throwing
+    // the IOException on errors since many of the java.io classes depend
+    // on that.  This probably requires a bit more research but for now,
+    // we'll catch the IOException here.
+    try
+      {
+        fd.close();
+      }
+    catch (IOException e)
+      {
+	System.err.println("PlainDatagramSocketImpl.close: Error closing - " +
+	  e.getMessage());
+      }
   }
 
   // Deprecated in JDK 1.2.