output on stderr disappears when using gcj in a script?

Fri Mar 26 03:45:00 GMT 2004

> > So the problem, could be with java.lang.Runtime.
> It's possible this is related to my java.nio reorganization.
> I was broken briefly on Windows IIRC, but that should be fixed now.

I didn't verify if the problem occurs on win32, since it hasn't been my primary
development platform for a long time now. The break occurs on linux proper with:
gcc version 3.3.2 20031218
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release 
The thing is that it used to work consistently properly before ...