RFR: JDK-8232748: Build static versions of certain JDK libraries

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2019-10-28 21:46, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Certain downstream consumers of the JDK need to link to parts of it 
> statically. To support this usecase, this patch adds a set of optional 
> make targets that produce static native libraries for a selection of 
> modules. These static libraries do not end up in the main JDK 
> distribution but are instead packaged in a separate bundle that can be 
> optionally overlayed on top of a JDK bundle. The new targets are only 
> built when requested and are not added as dependencies on any existing 
> target.
>
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8232748/webrev.01
Looks good to me.

Hopefully we can make a follow-up fix to remove the current "static 
libs" implementation that was needed by the Mobile project. This 
implementation was a bit hackish from the start, and it has bit-rotted 
severly, and might not even work right now. I'm eager to remove it, but 
I don't want to break the Mobile build, so hopefully we can find some 
way to adjust this new system to be usable by them, too.

/Magnus


>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8232748
>
> /Erik
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