It looks like the jlink format for lib/modules with its various compression options is not officially documented. There's the jlink source code (e.g. jdk/tools/jlink/internal/ImageFileCreator.java), which would take some time to study. So it should be possible, but it doesn't have a high priority.
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It looks like the jlink format for lib/modules with its various compression options is not officially documented. There's the jlink source code (e.g. jdk/tools/jlink/internal/ImageFileCreator.java), which would take some time to study. So it should be possible, but it doesn't have a high priority.