Hi David, thank you very much. However much I search, I rarely end up finding this stuff myself (even "java se 9 vm client server minimal" doesn't do the trick).
Maybe the jlink documentation and/or --list-plugins output could mention that, e.g. by adding that link? so long ... Nicolai On 08.01.2018 22:29, David Holmes wrote: > Hi Nicolai, > > On 9/01/2018 6:30 AM, Nicolai Parlog wrote: >> Hi, >> >> every source I found indicates that jlink makes it possible to create a >> runtime image with a client, server, or minimal VM. However I can't make >> it work for client and minimal: >> >> Error: Selected VM client doesn't exist. >> >> I tried with the Oracle JDK 9 for Linux (9 and 9.0.1) and the reference >> implementation[1]. It looks to me as if these JDKs only contain the >> server VM. Is that and the absence of client and minimal documented >> somewhere? Or am I just missing some flag? Is there a way to create an >> image with the minimal VM? > > The Client and Minimal VMs are only available on 32-bit platforms. The > 64-bit platforms do not have them. You may be able to change the build > to force their creation with 64-bit but I'm not sure what the state of > that is. > > For Oracle JDK the fact only the server VM exists is documented in the > VM Guide: > > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/vm/java-virtual-machine-technology-overview.htm#JSJVM-GUID-982B244A-9B01-479A-8651-CB6475019281 > > > "In Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8 and earlier, different > implementations of the JVM, (the client VM, server VM, and minimal VM), > were supported for configurations commonly used as clients, servers, and > for embedded systems. As most systems can now take advantage of the > server VM, the Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 9 provides only > that VM implementation." > > David > >> so long ... Nicolai >> >> >> [1] http://jdk.java.net/java-se-ri/9 >> >> >> > -- 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
