On 9 Oct 2015, at 20:26, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote:
> I looked more closely at this and I think it's best to handle NCDFE rather > than the more general LinkageError. Ok, I make the follow change before pushing: diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ try { substrate = ImageNativeSubstrate.openImage(imagePath, byteOrder); - } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ex) { + } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError | NoClassDefFoundError ex) { substrate = ImageJavaSubstrate.openImage(imagePath, byteOrder); } > But I hope very temporary, we need to get this code fixed so do the right > thing. I added the follow to JDK-8137017, to ensure this is not forgotten: jrt-fs.jar should not depend, directly or indirectly, on JDK internal native libraries, e.g. libjimage. -Chris.