On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:01:06 GMT, Benjamin Peterson <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> 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`.

by corporate OCA under "EngFlow Inc."

@AlanBateman @bplb Hello! Any chance either of you could be induced to sponsor 
and review this? Also, any idea how to accelerate the OCA verification process?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694#issuecomment-2810188272
PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694#issuecomment-2835812629

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