Try using the JVM option: -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions
Tom ________________________________ From: jigsaw-dev <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan Snyder <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 1:02 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] problems using --enable-native-access I started trying to use —enable-native-access but ran into a problem. I have some (test) programs that I run with many different JDKs. The problem is that giving —enable-native-access to an old JDK is a fatal error. Is there some way to perform this configuration that does not crash an older JDK? A system property, perhaps?
