On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:10 GMT, Dušan Bálek <[email protected]> wrote:

>> The module path specified to jlink is `--module-path` is prepended to its 
>> default module path. I think we should just describe that and not use words 
>> like "external" as it too different to how we document the module path in 
>> the other tools, API docs, and JEPs.
>
> OK. So what about the following ?
> 
> A ":"-separated list of elements, each of which is a file path to a module or 
> a directory
> containing modules. Each module is either a modular JAR file, a JMOD file, or
> an exploded-module directory.
> If the specified module path does not contain java.base, it is prepended to
> the default module path.
> For cross-platform linking, the specified module path must contain all 
> target-platform
> modules required to create the image, including java.base.

This is quite good but it will need to expanded to say what the default module 
path is. I tried to include above but needs words smithing.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32926#discussion_r4047694151

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