--- old/src/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java	2013-01-08 02:20:20.145062551 -0500
+++ new/src/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java	2013-01-08 02:20:18.712981898 -0500
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+import sun.misc.Version;
+import sun.misc.URLClassPath;
 
 public enum LauncherHelper {
     INSTANCE;
     private static final String MAIN_CLASS = "Main-Class";
+    private static final String PROFILE    = "Profile";
+
     private static StringBuilder outBuf = new StringBuilder();
 
     private static final String INDENT = "    ";
@@ -409,6 +413,25 @@
             if (mainValue == null) {
                 abort(null, "java.launcher.jar.error3", jarname);
             }
+
+            // if this is not a full JRE then the Profile attribute must be
+            // present with the Main-Class attribute so as to indicate the minimum
+            // profile required. Note that we need to suppress checking of the Profile
+            // attribute after we detect an error. This is because the abort may
+            // need to lookup resources and this may involve opening additional JAR
+            // files that would result in errors that suppress the main error.
+            String profile = mainAttrs.getValue(PROFILE);
+            if (profile == null) {
+                if (!Version.isFullJre()) {
+                    URLClassPath.suppressProfileCheckForLauncher();
+                    abort(null, "java.launcher.jar.error4", jarname);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (!Version.supportsProfile(profile)) {
+                    URLClassPath.suppressProfileCheckForLauncher();
+                    abort(null, "java.launcher.jar.error5", profile, jarname);
+                }
+            }
             return mainValue.trim();
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             abort(ioe, "java.launcher.jar.error1", jarname);
@@ -703,4 +726,3 @@
         }
     }
 }
-