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`. This issue has the "oca" label so we cannot engage, sorry. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694#issuecomment-2835855589
