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Bug
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Resolution: Won't Do
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Minor
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None
It seems that Oracle's Java 8 installer for Windows uses symlinks to specify the locations of the java executables:
C:\>dir \ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath Directory of C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath 15/12/2014 10:41 <DIR> . 15/12/2014 10:41 <DIR> .. 15/12/2014 10:41 <SYMLINK> java.exe [C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin\java.exe] 15/12/2014 10:41 <SYMLINK> javaw.exe [C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe] 15/12/2014 10:41 <SYMLINK> javaws.exe [C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin\javaws.exe]
The actual path to javaw.exe is now:
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe"
To make this work with Jenkins, we have to add "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin" to the system path so that Jenkins can find javaw.exe.
I think a more correct way would be to specify:
"C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe"
in the "Path to java executable" field of the slave's configuration. But, if I do that, the slave fails to launch and spins at:
Connecting to tmsd409
Checking if Java exists
Jenkins-slave.xml on the slave shows:
<executable>javaw.exe</executable>
So my specified Java path appears not to be copied to the slave.
Is this a bug?
