RFR: 8344540: Remove superseded wildcard description from java manpage

[Christian Stein]

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:53:50 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this follow-up PR to improve `java`'s manpage section about wildcards in argument files: the confusing sentence is now removed.
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>> This is a cleanup of commit https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/5cb0d438231383d491b2fcca455d09af7f2ee016
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> Hello Christian, I think this change in the description of the syntax for arg files is accurate and removes any confusion. 
> 
> While at it, I think we should also do a small update to the following line in the section "Using the JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS Launcher Environment Variable":
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>> However, as in `@`-files, use of a wildcard is not supported.
> 
> Based on what I see in the launcher code which handles the `JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS` environment variable, I think we should just change it to:
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>> Any wildcard literal `*` in the `JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS` environment variable content isn't expanded and is passed as-is to the `java` launcher.

@jaikiran and @dholmes-ora - I updated the wording according to your suggestions.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22236#issuecomment-2514178151