RFR: 8347831: Re-examine version check when cross linking [v5]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 16:20:49 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > I think this can be tested akin to `JLinkOptionsTest` by implementing a simple plugin that transforms the `release.txt` resource and uses `--keep-packaged-modules` and then attempts to perform a link on the resulting image. Similarly we could cover the case of `release.txt` missing by using the `--exclude-resources` plugin.
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> Maybe we should have a follow-up issue to attempt to create a test for this.

That's OK with me. Creating jtreg tests verifying that it fails if the file doesn't match/does not exist can still be done.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28155#issuecomment-3603351075