JDK-8185540 : Empty path in -Xbootclasspath/a should be skipped rather than default to CWD
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang:class_loading
  • Affected Version: 10
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • Submitted: 2017-07-28
  • Updated: 2017-08-07
  • Resolved: 2017-08-07
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JDK 10
10Resolved
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8185541 - Add back test cases for resource lookup from bootclasspath
Sub Tasks
JDK-8173725 :  
Release Note: Empty Element in -Xbootclasspath/a - Closed
Description
JDK-6760902 fixes the inconsistent behavior of loading classes and resources by the bootstrap class loader.

The behaviour reverted to the same behaviour as JDK 8 and older when the module system went into JDK 9 (JDK-8142968).
Comments
This has been fixed as part of the changes for JDK-8185853 so we can close this issue.
07-08-2017
This issue is fixed by way of other changes in preparation for JDK 10 so I will close this issue once those changes are pushed.
28-07-2017