On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:51:20 GMT, Alan Bateman <al...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/unix/native/libjli/java_md.c line 177:
>> 
>>> 175:     char clientPattern[] = "lib/client";
>>> 176:     char serverPattern[] = "lib/server";
>>> 177:     char minimalPattern[] = "lib/minimal";
>> 
>> I don't see any point in adding this when the MinimalVM is not really 
>> relevant to current JDK.
>
> Yeah, the minimal VM build probably needs wider discussion. There are bug 
> reports when it breaks so some people are still building it. The context here 
> seems to be that LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to a location that includes 
> "lib/minimal" so somewhat unusual setup. It seems like it's a separate issue 
> for discussion.

>From launcher perspective, lib/minimal is just another "suspicious" keyword in 
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Launcher is not affected by any other problems related to  
>minimal VM. 

I think that launcher should support all VM variants consistently, as long as 
we can build a minimal VM from the current JDK sources.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11645

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