[Proposal] jlink plugin which replaces dynamic shared libraries

[Alan Bateman]

On 04/12/2018 13:52, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> :
> The inherent assumption is that jlink is run on a JDK build that has a
> module set at least equal to the modules specified to the tool. Other
> than that, yes.
The approach would need integrity as it would be too easy to end up with 
a mismatch between the native libraries and the other resources in the 
module.


> :
>
>> You mail makes me wonder if it would be feasible to have a plugin that
>> does the stripping, maybe you've looked into that already?
> We've considered it, but I haven't looked into it.
I think it's worth exploring, even if it means requiring the `strip` 
tool on the system.

-Alan.