Can't restart my JavaFX app with the latest JDK, regression in 21.02_13?

[Davide Perini]

it seems that the problem is related to jpackage,
if I run the jar, the problem does not occur, if I run the exe created 
by jpackage, the problem occurs.


Il 04/02/2024 12:16, Davide Perini ha scritto:
> Hi there,
> my JavaFX 21.0.2 app experienced a very weird regression when 
> switching from Temurin
> OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot_21.0.1_12
> to
> OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot_21.0.2_13
>
> I use this method to restart my app.
>
> public void restart() {
>      // path to my exe app plus one string argument
>      String[] cmdToRunUsingArgs = {"C:\Users\sblantipodi\AppData\Local\Firefly Luciferin\Firefly 
> Luciferin.exe","string argument"};
>      try {
>          Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmdToRunUsingArgs);
>      }catch (SecurityException | IOException e) {
>          log.error(e.getMessage());
>      }
>      javafx.application.Platform.exit();
>      System.exit(0);
> }
>
> It worked well since years until JDK 21.0.2_13.
> If I revert back to 21.0.1_12 it works well.
>
> That method should start a new instance of the app, and close the "old 
> instance".
>
> With JDK 21.0.2_13, it start a new instance but as soon as 
> System.exit(0); is executed all instances are closed.
> It doesn't worked that way ti the previous JDK.
>
> Are there anyone else experiencing this problem?
>
> Thanks
> Davide 
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