diff -r 6358f8c9ed3b -r 62478db2dc78 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Jan 06 22:21:39 2010 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Jan 07 16:24:17 2010 -0800
@@ -2633,6 +2633,10 @@
     if (match_option(option, "-XX:-IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions", &tail)) {
       IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions = false;
     }
+    if (match_option(option, "-XX:+PrintFlagsInitial", &tail)) {
+      CommandLineFlags::printFlags();
+      vm_exit(0);
+    }
   }
 
   if (IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions) {
@@ -2795,11 +2799,9 @@
     CommandLineFlags::printSetFlags();
   }
 
-#ifdef ASSERT
   if (PrintFlagsFinal) {
     CommandLineFlags::printFlags();
   }
-#endif
 
   return JNI_OK;
 }