[NETBEANS-2452] -Xbootclasspath/p is no longer a supported option

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
• Fix Version/s: 11.0
• Component/s: java - Compiler, java - Platform, projects - Ant
• Labels: patch

Environment

OpenJDK 11

• Flags: Patch, Important
• Assignee: Emile Brinkman
• Reporter: Emile Brinkman
• Due: 23/Apr/19
• Created: 23/Apr/19 11:05
• Updated: 04/Feb/20 18:59

Description

I have upgraded from NetBeans 8.2 and JDK1.8 to Apache NetBeans 11.0 and OpenJDK 11. The Xbootclasspath option is no longer supported bij JDK11 and apparently has to be changed to --patch-module. It is however still used in the ANT build-impl.xml file under endorsed.classpath.path. The problem is that if you change "-Xbootclasspath/p:" to "-patch module java.base=" that NetBeans automatically overwrites it back to "-Xbootclasspath/p" when you change properties of a project. -Xbootclasspath/a and -Xbootclasspath also don't work.

I also get the following error when running a class even when I changed everything to --patch module:

-Xbootclasspath/p is no longer a supported option.
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\11.0\executor-snippets\run.xml:111: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\11.0\executor-snippets\run.xml:94: Java returned: 1
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)

Removing the cache folder doesn't help. I am not able anymore to run this class even when I change the Source/Binary format of the project back to JDK1.8. It seems that Apache NetBeans has hardcoded -Xbootclasspath internally?