I've checked that it really works :) Thanks, Volker
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Philip Race <[email protected]> wrote: > Whilst the syntax is all new to me, since it is contained > entirely in #if defined(_AIX) I am OK with this fix. > > phil. > > > On 4/27/16, 7:35 AM, Volker Simonis wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> can somebody please review this AIX-only fix which I've found in one >> of my old patch queues :) >> >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/2016/8155236/ >> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8155236 >> >> On AIX we have to use a special syntax for the dlopen() string >> argument because the shared libraries are packed in multi-architecture >> archives. We first try to load the system default libXrender which is >> contained in the 'X11.base.lib' fileset starting with AIX 6.1. >> >> If the latter wasn't successful, we also try to load the version under >> /opt/freeware. This may be downloaded from the "AIX Toolbox for Linux >> Applications" even for AIX 5.3. >> >> Thank you and best regards, >> Volker
