8248987: AOT's Linker.java seems to eagerly fail-fast on Windows.

[kvergizova]

I'd like to backport 8248987 to 13u for parity with 11u.
The patch applies cleanly.
Changes are jaotc tool specific, tested with aot tests.

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Issue

• JDK-8248987: AOT's Linker.java seems to eagerly fail-fast on Windows.

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$ git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk13u-dev pull/78/head:pull/78
$ git checkout pull/78

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This backport pull request has now been updated with issue and summary from the original commit.

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Webrevs

• 00: Full (4d3b861)

[openjdk]

@kvergizova This change now passes all automated pre-integration checks.

After integration, the commit message for the final commit will be:

8248987: AOT's Linker.java seems to eagerly fail-fast on Windows.

Treat all problems in getVC141AndNewerLinker() as non-fatal. Print error messages with --verbose flag.

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At the time when this comment was updated there had been 2 new commits pushed to the master branch:

• da062ac: Merge
• 206f88d: 8247619: Improve Direct Buffering of Characters

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• da062ac: Merge
• 206f88d: 8247619: Improve Direct Buffering of Characters

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