Problem using -Xbootclasspath/p

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 01/07/2015 01:06 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> This looks like it's an error come from the code in javac.jar rather 
> than anything to do with -Xbootclasspath/p. Is it possible for 
> SPECjvm98 to run with the javac in the JDK image rather than the (old 
> copy?) in javac.jar that pre-images the runtime image work?
>
> That said, I expect that later in JDK 9 that we will need to drop 
> -Xbootclasspath/p and replace it with a means to override classes in 
> modules.
>
> -Alan 

Alan,

In this context, javac.jar does not so much contain "a utility for 
transforming .java files .class files" as much as "a significant body of 
open source code suitable for testing the performance of a JVM".  In 
that context, it would not be appropriate to change javac.jar more than 
necessary.

-- Jon