On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 23:21:30 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have now verified that the interim compiler is indeed used (made it say bad 
> words and fail at startup, so there is no doubt about it :)). As to the 
> reason why this is so, here is the magic incantation from 
> `$(INTERIM_LANGTOOLS_ARGS)`:
> 
> ```
>     --limit-modules java.base,jdk.zipfs,$(INTERIM_LANGTOOLS_MODULES_COMMA) \
>     --add-modules $(INTERIM_LANGTOOLS_MODULES_COMMA) \
>     --module-path $(BUILDTOOLS_OUTPUTDIR)/interim_langtools_modules \
>     --patch-module java.base=$(BUILDTOOLS_OUTPUTDIR)/gensrc/java.base.interim 
> \
>     --add-exports java.base/sun.reflect.annotation=jdk.compiler.interim \
>     --add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.jmod=jdk.compiler.interim \
>     --add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.misc=jdk.compiler.interim \
>     --add-exports java.base/sun.invoke.util=jdk.compiler.interim \
>     --add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.javac=java.compiler.interim \
>     --add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.javac=jdk.compiler.interim \
> ```
> 
> I hope you are not asking me to explain in detail how or why this works. :-)

Thanks! Yeah, that rings a bell and I think I understand how it works, but I 
surely wouldn't be able to replicate this from memory.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11299

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