RFR: 8314491: Linux: jexec launched via PATH fails to find java [v6]

[Alan Bateman]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:04:50 GMT, Vladimir Petko <vpetko at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> 8314491: Linux: jexec launched via PATH fails to find java
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> Vladimir Petko has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains eight additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8314491-jexec-resolve-symlink
>  - declare error in-place
>  - remove unused imports
>  - Review comment: use /proc/self/exe as the backup option
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8314491-jexec-resolve-symlink
>  - correct copyright statement
>  - Use /proc/self/exec to identify path to the executable.
>  - Create failing test for jexec in PATH issue

I think looks okay. I'm just surprised that it has been found/used on Linux as this was originally went with a Solaris feature for doing JRE version selection, and I actually thought had been removed a long time ago.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15343#issuecomment-1695334327