I agree with that, but that's not my use case. I want to add/override files to java.base (an existing module) with --patch-module when i compile several other modules with --module-source-path, i think this should be allowed, otherwise it will be hard to patch the JDK and see the effect on several modules.
Rémi ----- Mail original ----- > Envoyé: Mercredi 2 Novembre 2016 17:57:58 > Objet: Re: javac --module-source-path and --patch-module do not work together > On 11/02/2016 09:49 AM, Remi Forax wrote: >> I agree that if there is a folder java.base in the module-source-path, it >> should >> be used but this is not the case. >> Here, i want to add files to an existing modules (java.base) and those files >> are >> in output/classes not in src. > > You currently can't add files with --patch-module to a module found with > --module-source-path. > > -- Jon