jpackage custom resources not found

[Michael Hall]

> On Jan 15, 2019, at 12:48 PM, Rachel Greenham <rachel at strangenoises.org> wrote:
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> On 15/01/2019 17:36, Michael Hall wrote:
>>> On Jan 15, 2019, at 10:55 AM, Rachel Greenham <rachel at strangenoises.org> wrote:
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>>> My understanding was that this particular jdk build only exists for the sake of getting jpackage out there into our hands (hence my point about putting it out as a jlinked app instead),
>> True, which is a little different in and of itself, providing a JDK for a single command. I’m not that familiar yet with what jlink can do. How would it’s being a launchable app help in testing a command line tool? Is there some new magic way I haven’t heard of yet that jlink provides so that invoking something command line launches an app with the enclosing JDK?
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> you could create the jlinked app from the jdk they provide, something like (using the jlink in that jdk):
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> jlink --add-modules jdk.jpackage --output jpackage
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> This gives you a trimmed-down jre with just the modules that jdk.jpackage depends on. In bin is a jpackage executable. So you'd call jpackage/bin/jpackage <opts>. There's a bunch of other executables there (including java and javac) but they're only there because they belong in dependent modules.
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> Assuming it has everything it needs, it would probably be functionally the same to use that or to use the jpackage in that jdk, but it's a third of the size, and providing it in that manner may better communicate that that's all that it's for, and not to try to use it as a complete jdk in its own right. I imagine you could also just remove the other binaries in bin so it could be safely added to your PATH and not be interfering with your using jdk.
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> Caveat: I haven't tested any of that, except the jlink itself, and seeing the resulting jpackage give me its --help output. :-) Just explaining what jlink is for in this context.
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> -- 
> Rachel

Thanks for the answer. I still have to do more with these tools including jlink myself.

Mike Hall