RFR(S): JDK-8150197: Integrate AIX fixes from build-infra

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2016-02-20 15:19, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Looks good to me.
Looks good to me to.

I'll push it for you, Volker.

/Magnus

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> /Erik
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> On 2016-02-19 09:20, Volker Simonis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> can I please have a reviewer and sponsor for this AIX build change:
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>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/2016/8150197/
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8150197
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>> The change is actually a downport from build-infra and it has already
>> been informally reviewed by Magnus in that repository.
>> The change itself updates the AIX link flags and uses a new option
>> during linking which produces a so called "loadmap". That's a file
>> which summarizes the link step and can be used to quickly detect
>> linking problems. The option has been already used for the HotSpot
>> build and will now be used for every shared library.
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Volker
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