FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
javadoc -J-version
java version "1.4.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-b21, mixed mode)

FULL OS VERSION :
 customer  Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Javadoc does not produce a link for a method in a foreign package.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Execute:

javadoc -link "http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/" -sourcepath . cat.java



EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
<dt><b>See Also:</b><dd>
<code>
  <a HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties()">System.getProperties()</a>
</code></dl>
<dt><b>See Also:</b><dd><code>System.getProperties()</code></dl>

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
no messages

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class cat
{
  /**
   * @see java.lang.System#getProperties()
   */
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
  }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------


(Review ID: 181164) 
======================================================================

N/A

The link fail to external classes that are not imported.

This is a duplicate of the following bug that was fixed in 1.4.2:

4652655: Fixed @link to link to external -link'd classes
   This fix greatly simplifies the ability to link to external classes and 
   members.  Previously, an external class needed to be either imported or 
   fully qualified in a declaration in order for @see or {@link} to 
   possibly link to its documentation.  Now, it is only required that the 
   class be fully qualified;  it no longer needs to be imported (which 
   was the previous recommended workaround).

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2003-02-14