ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Windows 10 / jdk-11.0.2
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
We know that to solve long classpath problem when using "java" command, we can use a classpath jar which contains all jar/directory in MANIFEST.MF, and the pattern looks like this in windows: "/D:/a/b.jar" or "/D:/a/c/".
But now we have a case that we have to use this classpath jar When using "javac @D:/tmp.txt" to compile, then we can get this error: "error: illegal argument for --class-path: Illegal char <:> at index 2: /D:/a/b.jar"
That means "java" and "javac @<filename>" got inconsistent behaviors when using classpath jar.
I wonder if you would consider this as a bug or not? if yes, then how to fix this? to make javac support "/C:/a/b.jar" or just let "java -cp classpath.jar" support "C:/a/b.jar"?
STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. prepare a java source file A.java which using commons lang3 api.
2. prepare a classpath.jar which contains MANIFEST.MF file:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Class-Path: /C:/test2/commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar
3. prepare a tmp.txt file which contains"-cp C:/test2/commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar"
4. run like "javac @C:/tmp.txt A.java".
FREQUENCY : always