RFR: 8325090: javadoc fails when -subpackages option is used with non-modular -source [v2]

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:28:35 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <jjg at openjdk.org> wrote:

> `-subpackages` is an old option that predates JDK 9/modules, so is reasonable to be used with code that does not use modules. 

There may be a misunderstanding here. The `-subpackages` option was broken when used in conjunction with `-source 8` or earlier since JDK 11 (possibly JDK 9, I haven't tried) up until today, and this PR fixes the problem.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21201#issuecomment-2377239939