-version output differs from --version output

[Roger Riggs]

Hi Goetz,

For decades, -version is printed to stderr and --version is printed to 
stdout.
For compatibility reasons, -version has been kept particularly stable 
given the number of
apps that parse the first line.

Roger

p.s. see libjli/java.c::parseArguments and 
java.lang.VersionProps.print/println().


On 7/2/19 5:26 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The two output differ in the string 'version' and quoting of the version:
>
> output-jdk/images/jdk/bin/java -version
> openjdk version "14.0.0.1-internal" 2019-07-01
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 14.0.0.1-internal+0-adhoc.openjdk.jdk)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0.0.1-internal+0-adhoc.openjdk.jdk, mixed mode, sharing)
>
> output-jdk/images/jdk/bin/java --version
> openjdk 14.0.0.1-internal 2019-07-01
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 14.0.0.1-internal+0-adhoc.openjdk.jdk)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0.0.1-internal+0-adhoc.openjdk.jdk, mixed mode, sharing)
>
> is this intended, or is this a bug?
> It is actually coded like this in VersionProps.java.template print().
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/file/8a153a932d0f/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/VersionProps.java.template
>
> Best regards,
>    Goetz.
>
>