JDK-8146721 : FileCopierPlugin should not create fake module
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: jlink
  • Affected Version: 9-repo-jigsaw
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-01-08
  • Updated: 2016-08-11
  • Resolved: 2016-08-04
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JDK 9
9 b131Fixed
Related Reports
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JDK-8147491 - module graph consistency checks after jlink plugins operate on module pool
Description
FileCopierPlugin copies additional files to the resulting image that does not belong to any module.

The current implementation creates a fake module "$jlink-file-copier" for the purpose to adding resource to the image and special case to filter it.
Comments
The file copier plugin is a workaround to add some JDK modules content (LICENSE, man pages, ...) that are today not yet packaged as module. As soon as a proper solution is offered, this plugin should be fully removed.
11-01-2016