jlink RuntimeException: descriptor returns inconsistent package set

[Alan Bateman]

On 10/02/2017 17:03, Jim Connors wrote:

> One interesting thing though.  jdeps on the scoreboard.jar file yields 
> this:
>
>     C:\tmp\scratch>jdeps -s --module-path . scoreboard.jar
>     scoreboard -> com.jtconnors.socket
>     scoreboard -> java.base
>     scoreboard -> java.logging
>     scoreboard -> java.xml
>     scoreboard -> javafx.base
>     scoreboard -> javafx.controls
>     scoreboard -> javafx.graphics
>     scoreboard -> javafx.media
>
> Whereas the jlink image includes additional modules:
>
>      C:\tmp\scratch>reducedImage\bin\java.exe --list-modules
>      com.jtconnors.socket
>      java.base at 9-ea
> ->  java.datatransfer at 9-ea
> ->  java.desktop at 9-ea
>      java.logging at 9-ea
> ->  java.prefs at 9-ea
>      java.xml at 9-ea
>      javafx.base at 9-ea
>      javafx.controls at 9-ea
>      javafx.graphics at 9-ea
>      javafx.media at 9-ea
> ->  jdk.jsobject at 9-ea
> scoreboard at 1.0
Can you add -R (or -recursive) to the jdeps command? That should reveal 
that javafx.graphics requires java.desktop and jdk.jsobject.

-Alan