RFR: 8346719: Add relaunchers to the static JDK image for missing executables [v3]

Erik Joelsson erikj at openjdk.org
Mon Aug 11 17:23:11 UTC 2025


On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:23:03 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I could also create a separate file for each launcher with a name pattern and gather up all these files in StaticLibs.gmk, but then I will get problems with left-over such files, for e.g. if incrementally building after removing a launcher. Not a common scenario, I agree, but it seems like a worse solution.
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> This solution was modeled on how we create `module-included-libs.txt`. I agree that it is a bit hacky to inject this kind of stuff in ModuleWrapper, but I can't see how we can do it more cleanly. That's the only point at which we know the entire module for a phase. 
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> Maybe we can improve optics by doing a more official-looking "hook" for injecting functionality at pre-/post- whole-module processing? That would keep ModuleWrapper slimmer and without all the current specialized hooks, and make the name "wrapper" more relevant.
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> Or, we could rename the makefile to indicate better that it does a lot more than just wraps a file. (I have no good suggestions right now.)

I'm not sure what you mean here. I described a solution that keeps it in LauncherCommon without creating races.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24380#discussion_r2267491796


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