RFR: 8311302: Allow for jlinking a custom runtime without packaged modules being present [v10]

Thu Nov 30 19:10:10 UTC 2023

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:25:26 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I haven't looked into the details, but the common case is for jlink users to use the default module path (`jmods` folder of the JDK install) and the prime use-case for this is to get away with performing a link without the packaged modules (no "external" dependency if you will; of that `jmods` folder). It could be considered as a follow-up. In this patch I wouldn't want to complicate it further if that sounds OK?
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> Yes it's fine.  We can wait for more feedback and consider this future enhancement if desirable.  I just wanted to understand the reason.  Good to add a comment to explain.

Makes sense.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14787#discussion_r1411149264