<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for the clarification Alan.</div><div><br></div><div>To ensure the reproducibility of the whole JDK image regardless of the specific bootjdk used, would it make sense once the "Build JDK" has been built, we re-build jrt-fs.jar again using the "Build JDK" ? Thus jrt-fs.jar will be consistent with the rest of the image in terms of what it is compiled with.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Andrew</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 9:49 AM Alan Bateman <<a href="mailto:Alan.Bateman@oracle.com">Alan.Bateman@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 15/09/2023 09:09, Andrew Leonard wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> jrt-fs.jar is the only jar that is not built (or re-built) with the <br>
> "Build JDK", and I was wondering why?<br>
><br>
<br>
The JAR file contains the "jrt" file system provider for the runtime. <br>
IDE or other tools running on JDK 8/11/etc. need to be able to create a <br>
FileSystem to access the classes/resources in the run-time image. These <br>
classes are loaded from that JAR file.<br>
<br>
-Alan<br>
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