RFR: 8335880: More troubleshooting tips around windows space in path
Chen Liang
liach at openjdk.org
Tue Jul 16 21:35:50 UTC 2024
On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:38:13 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Context: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/build-dev/2024-July/045586.html
>
> People were confused on a few details around fixing windows space names, including:
> 1. setshortname can report confusing error message when the directory is in use
> 2. Many directories can have names set but only Microsoft Visual Studio and Windows Kits need them
>
> Also adds some notes about `jdk` being the exploded image while `images/jdk` is the actual image.
Good point though; I can probably explain that short name choice doesn't matter and how the tooling actually circumvents this problem with `cygpath`.
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20197#issuecomment-2231863688
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