If the java -client -Xinternalversion string exceeds 256, running java -client -Xshare:dump will fail: >>>> VM option 'SharedReadOnlySize=10M' >>>> Rewriting and unlinking classes ... done. >>>> Calculating hash values for String objects .. done. >>>> Calculating fingerprints ... done. >>>> Removing unshareable information ... done. >>>> Moving pre-ordered read-only objects to shared space at 0x3c010000 ... done. >>>> Moving read-only objects to shared space at 0x3c5285e0 ... done. >>>> Moving common symbols to shared space at 0x3c52a638 ... done. >>>> Moving remaining symbols to shared space at 0x3c5e3248 ... done. >>>> Moving string char arrays to shared space at 0x3c5e44a8 ... done. >>>> Moving additional symbols to shared space at 0x3c666118 ... done. >>>> Read-only space ends at 0x3c6f9ef0, 7249648 bytes. >>>> Moving pre-ordered read-write objects to shared space at 0x3ca10000 ... done. >>>> Moving read-write objects to shared space at 0x3d039110 ... done. >>>> Moving String objects to shared space at 0x3d0711e0 ... done. >>>> Read-write space ends at 0x3d0ae668, 6940264 bytes. >>>> Updating references to shared objects ... done. >>>> >>>> Error occurred during initialization of VM >>>> Unable to use shared archive. >>>> ",stderr="An error has occurred while processing the shared archivefile. >>>> JVM Ident field for shared archive is too long - truncated to >>>> <???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??! >>>> ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????j> I would like to see this 256 limit removed, increased, or truncate the version string silently. But please don't fail like this.