jmod and modular MR jars

[Alan Bateman]

On 13/10/2017 20:15, Ryan Schmitt wrote:
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> In this case, I am starting with a modular MR JAR file, which I have placed on the classpath of jmod. This works when I supply a modular non-MR jar instead, where the module-info.class file is in the root of the jar and not the META-INF/versions area. My goal here is to convert a modular MR jar into a JMOD file, which is then to be linked with other JMOD files in a fully modularized application.
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> I realize that different tools treat MR jars in different ways, so I was wondering if this is deliberate in the case of the jmod tool, and if so, why.
The module path that you specify to `jlink` may contain modules that are 
packaged as modular JAR, no need to create a JMOD file when your module 
doesn't have native libraries.

-Alan.