When I configure with --with-jvm-variants='minimal,server' , spec.gmk ends up having "BUILD_CDS_ARCHIVE := false". So even if I run the server VM, CDS is not available (because the classlist is not in the JDK image).

$ java -Xshare:dump
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Loading classlist failed: No such file or directory

$ java -server -Xshare:dump
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Loading classlist failed: No such file or directory