Should we build jrt-fs.jar again with the "Build JDK" ?

[Alan Bateman]

On 15/09/2023 09:09, Andrew Leonard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> jrt-fs.jar is the only jar that is not built (or re-built) with the 
> "Build JDK", and I was wondering why?
>

The JAR file contains the "jrt" file system provider for the runtime.  
IDE or other tools running on JDK 8/11/etc. need to be able to create a 
FileSystem to access the classes/resources in the run-time image. These 
classes are loaded from that JAR file.

-Alan