Hi Jonathan, thanks for checking things out. :)
so long ... Nicolai On 05.01.2017 22:48, Jonathan Gibbons wrote: > Nicolai, > > We've identified the cause of the issue you reported. Although > javac accepts --class-path as an alias for -cp and -classpath, what > is notable about your example is that it is using "classpath > wildcards" (i.e. the "*" in -cp "mods/*"), which is implemented > within the native javac launcher, and not in the mainstream javac > code. And yes, in the code in question, --class-path is not > supported, and probably should be. > > Filed: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172309 > > -- Jon > > On 01/05/2017 08:33 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote: >> Thank you for the report. It is obviously intended that these >> options should simply be aliases for each other, but I will see >> if there is something else going on to explain what you are >> seeing. >> >> -- Jon >> >> >> On 1/5/17 3:23 AM, Nicolai Parlog wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> during experimentation I encountered compiler behavior that I >>> found rather strange: It looks like the -classpath and >>> --class-path options do not behave the same way. >>> >>> In my experiment I create a bunch of modules in 'mods' and then >>> create the last one by putting the modules on the class path >>> (no reason, just playing around): >>> >>> javac -cp "mods/*" -d classes/advent >>> src/advent/advent/Main.java >>> >>> This works and '-classpath' does, too, but '--class-path' >>> doesn't. In that case the compiler complains that the packages >>> contained by the modules in 'mods' do not exist. >>> >>> For an executable version see here: >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/CodeFX-org/demo-jigsaw-advent-calendar/blob/compi ling-with-deps-as-modules/compileAndRun.sh#L41-L48 >>> >>> >>> >>> I noticed this on b146 but it also exists in b148; both EA-Jigsaw >>> builds. >>> >>> so long ... Nicolai >>> >>> >>> >> > -- PGP Key: http://keys.gnupg.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xCA3BAD2E9CCCD509 Web: http://codefx.org a blog about software development https://www.sitepoint.com/java high-quality Java/JVM content http://do-foss.de Free and Open Source Software for the City of Dortmund Twitter: https://twitter.com/nipafx
