On Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:36:50 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to improve the error 
> message when a JAR file with no manifest is used to launch a java application 
> using `java -jar <jarfile>` command? This addresses 
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8392966.
> 
> With the changes in this PR, for a JAR without a manifest file, if it is 
> launched using `java -jar foo.jar` command then the error message will now 
> say:
> 
>> Error: No manifest in JAR file foo.jar
> 
> An existing jtreg test has been converted to junit and a new test method has 
> been introduced to verify this change. tier1, tier2 and tier3 continue to 
> pass after this change.
> 
> 
> 
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src/java.base/share/native/libjli/emessages.h line 28:

> 26: /*
> 27:  * This file primarily consists of all the error and warning messages, 
> that
> 28:  * are used in JLI_ReportErrorMessage.

I have talked to Naoto and Justin and they have confirmed that these error 
messages were never localized. So this inaccurate sentence has now been removed.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/33064#discussion_r4101851762

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