problems using --enable-native-access

[Alan Snyder]

That worked. Thank you.

  Alan

> On Feb 4, 2026, at 11:58 AM, Thomas Watson <tjwatson at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Try using the JVM option:
> 
>  -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions
> 
> Tom
> From: jigsaw-dev <jigsaw-dev-retn at openjdk.org> on behalf of Alan Snyder <javalists at cbfiddle.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 1:02 PM
> To: jigsaw-dev at openjdk.org <jigsaw-dev at openjdk.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] problems using --enable-native-access
>  
> I started trying to use —enable-native-access but ran into a problem.
> 
> I have some (test) programs that I run with many different JDKs. The problem is that giving —enable-native-access to an old JDK is a fatal error.
> 
> Is there some way to perform this configuration that does not crash an older JDK?
> 
> A system property, perhaps?

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