RFR: JDK-8180709: java -javaagent:agent.jar with run-time that does not contain java.instrument prints confusing error

[Chris Plummer]

+1

Thanks, Chris

On 12/19/17 8:57 AM, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
> Looks good.
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> Thanks, Serguei
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> On 12/19/17 06:58, Gary Adams wrote:
>> A refreshed webrev is vailable
>>   Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gadams/8180709/webrev.01/
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>> On 12/19/17, 5:10 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>>> On 18/12/2017 21:14, gary.adams at oracle.com wrote:
>>>> I can just the error message.
>>>> What would you like it to say?
>>>>
>>>> "Module java.instrument may be missing"
>>> Technically it may be that the java.instrument module is not 
>>> observable but saying that it may not be in the run-time image is 
>>> probably clearer to the clearer. The main thing is to connect it to 
>>> the java.instrument module, other details are useful too, say where 
>>> someone has a corrupt installation or the wrong permissions on the 
>>> library.
>>>
>>> -Alan
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