RFR: 8267706: bin/idea.sh tries to use cygpath on WSL [v2]

Wed Jun 2 00:22:35 UTC 2021

On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 22:20:25 GMT, Nikita Gubarkov <github.com+9004656+YaaZ at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The fix fails on a Mac, where `realpath` is not available by default.
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> @jonathan-gibbons this can be fixed with `brew install coreutils`. We probably need to check `realpath` availability in idea.sh and suggest installing `coreutils` if it's not available

@YaaZ I'm aware of the workaround, but the current situation is not acceptable and needs to be fixed.

@erikj79 is there precedent for requiring the use of `brew` to install packages?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4190