Why static_jli for java/javaw on Windows?

[Erik Joelsson]

Hello,

Reading that bug, it seems the problem is when the installer copies 
java.exe into the Windows system directory. In that case, it may not 
have access to the msvcr re-distributables. I will try to find out if 
our installers are still doing this.

/Erik


On 2018-09-13 06:32, Alan Bateman wrote:
>
>
> On 13/09/2018 14:07, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> :
>>
>> Apparently, someone was trying to get rid of dll dependencies from 
>> java.exe. Why that would be desirable it does not say. Neither why 
>> this should not apply to all other launchers. (Perhaps there were not 
>> that many in these days?)
>>
>> Do anyone think this still seems relevant? Otherwise I'd like to get 
>> rid of this hack, and link java and javaw just like all the other 
>> launchers.
>>
> I don't know if it is still needed but it seems to be related to the 
> upgrade to VC 7 and an issue related to redistribution issue of the MS 
> runtime. JDK-6282039 and JDK-6382014 have some info on this.
>
> -Alan.