jpackage with a single java property

[Kevin Rushforth]

No, I doubt this is a bug. If the following worked:

--java-options -Dfoo="bar 2"

meaning if the entire string `-Dfoo=bar 2` was treated as a single 
argument, then the following would fail:

--java-options "--ea -Dfoo=bar"

since it would also be treated as a single argument rather than two 
separate args as intended.

-- Kevin


On 3/4/2020 5:04 AM, Andy Herrick wrote:
> A quick test shows me  that this form works fine:
>
>     --java-options "-Dfoo='bar 2'"
>
> where this form fails:
>
>    --java-options -Dfoo="bar 2"
>
> Initially I can see no reason both form shouldn't work, so this looks 
> like a bug to me.
>
> /Andy
>
>
> On 3/4/2020 5:20 AM, Alexander Scherbatiy wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> CSR for JEP 343: Packaging Tool [1] has description for option value 
>> which consists of a list of strings:
>>
>> "If an option value is otherwise a list of strings, they must 
>> separated by space characters.  Since the shell would otherwise take 
>> them as separate  arguments, the list must be quoted. "
>>
>> For example:
>>
>>   --java-options -server --java-options "--ea -Dfoo=bar"
>>
>>
>> What about a single java property which value contains space 
>> characters (-Dfoo="bar 2")? Should it be possible to pass it in the way:
>>
>> --java-options -Dfoo="bar 2"
>>
>> or the whole property should be quoted like:
>>
>> --java-options "-Dfoo='bar 2'"
>>
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8213087
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alexander.
>>
>>