JDK-8150973 : Hotspot agent use of sun.boot.class.path needs to be updated for Jigsaw
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: svc
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-03-01
  • Updated: 2016-04-21
  • Resolved: 2016-03-31
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JDK 9
9 b115Fixed
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Description
The system property sun.boot.class.path will not be available in JDK 9.  The Hotspot agent has 3 uses of this property in the following files that should be reviewed and potentially removed.

src/jdk.hotspot.agent/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/jdi/VirtualMachineImpl.java:        return getPath("sun.boot.class.path");

src/jdk.hotspot.agent/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/utilities/soql/JSJavaVM.java:        return vm.getSystemProperty("sun.boot.class.path");

src/jdk.hotspot.agent/test/jdi/runsa.sh: -Dsun.boot.class.path=$jdk/classes \
Comments
ILW = M(likely failure) M(likely failure) H(no workaround) = P3
04-03-2016