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Add support for alternative system images to the compiler
This PR adds a new `-system` / `--system` setting to scalac which mimics its counterpart in javac. This fixes the biggest problem (at least for us) of scala/bug#13015. It is now possible to compile code against an older system image without enforcing strict module access. scalac generally does not enforce modules (scala/scala-dev#529) but it does when using `-release` (with class lookup based on `ct.sym`) and there was no way to opt out of these restrictions. The usual opt-out in javac is `--add-exports` but it is not supported for system modules in combination with `--release` (https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8178152) so there is no expectation that scalac could support it. Instead the solution for javac is to replace `--release` with a combination of `-source`, `-target` and a system image for the target version via `--system`. This combination, unlike `--release`, can be used with `--add-exports`. If scalac adds full module support at a later time (with access restrictions enabled by default) it will also need to support `--add-exports` and allow its use in combination with `--system`. I am also un-deprecating `-target` (which was deprecated in favor of `-release`) because it now has a legitimate use in combination with an alternative system image (just like in javac where it is serves the same purpose and is not deprecated, either).
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