On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:26:06 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, after > [JDK-8329704](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8329704) AIX fails to > build. The reason is that libjli is specially treated on AIX, and built like > a static library. I tried to compensate for this (and had tested on an > earlier draft), but some late-minute changes in JDK-8329704 made this check > fail. > > At this point, I will not add any more checks for `$1_$2_STATIC_LIBRARY` in > `ResolveLibPath`. From reading the code, it become apparent that building > with `STATIC_BUILD` (n.b. -- not `STATIC_LIBS`!) will likely fail. This has > on the other hand not been tested for a long time, and is likely bit-rotten > anyway. Also, I will very soon address all of these shortcomings in the > upcoming rewrite for proper static builds. This resolves the AIX build problem. ------------- Marked as reviewed by mbaesken (Reviewer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18759#pullrequestreview-1997232221
