On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:30:13 GMT, Suchismith Roy <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>>> Because of the VM support, we can remove `mapAlternativeName` completely. >> >> Does VM provide support for mapping .so to .a files ? We still have cases >> where the entire .a file is shared and don't need to mention the member. > > libsystemInfo.a is one use case ,i got after discussion with our teams, which > actually raised this issue in J9. So there are cases where pure .a files > exist. AFAICT from your fix for [JDK-8320005](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320005) commit [e85355ad](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/e85355ada4ac1061c49ee9f1247d37a437c7b5ab). But it needs verification as I suggest (see https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/17945#issuecomment-2019965401). ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#discussion_r1541555855