jdeps --generate-module-info fails when mixing MR JARs and non-MR JARs

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Sun Dec 16 18:01:01 UTC 2018


On 16/12/2018 11:15, Gunnar Morling wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run jdeps --generate-module-info for a non-MR JAR which
> depends on an MR JAR.
>
> If I don't specify the "--multi-release" option, it fails with this message:
>
>      "dependency-xyz.jar is a multi-release jar file but
> --multi-release option is not set".
>
> If I specify the option, it fails, too:
>
>      "main-abc.jar is not a multi-release jar file but --multi-release
> option is set".
>
> Is there a way to resolve this issue (I'm on Java 11.0.1+13)? Perhaps
> the value of --multi-release should only be applied to MR JARs
> actually supporting that version?
>
> Thanks for any pointers,
>
I think this is JDK-8210502 [1] that Mandy fixed for JDK 12. Would it be 
possible to try out the latest JDK 12 EA build [2] to be sure?

I see your other mail with a link to JDK-8207162, that may be a dup.

-Alan

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210502
[2] http://jdk.java.net/12/



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