Deep in the bowels of `System.loadLibrary`, `File.getCanonicalPath()` was called on the target library file before it was passed to the system library loading APIs. In JDK-8003887, `File.getCanonicalPath` was altered to resolve symlinks on Windows. This had unintended consequences for passing a symlink to `System.loadLibrary` on Windows. The underlying Windows `LoadLibrary` API inspects the file name passed to it and adds a `.dll` extension if the it is not already present. Thus, if `System.loadLibrary` was given a symlink to a file and that file didn't have a `.dll` extension, `LoadLibrary` try to load nonexistent file and fail.
Fix this problem by using `File.getAbsolutePath()` instead of `File.getCanonicalPath()` in `NativeLibraries.java`. ------------- Commit messages: - 8348828: Windows dll loading now resolves symlinks Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24694&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8348828 Stats: 1 line in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/24694/head:pull/24694 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694
