RFR: 8295231: Move all linking of native libraries to make

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:15:37 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Some external libraries required by native code are linked via linker comments embedded in pragmas. Searching for which libraries are linked can then become frustrating and confusing since they may be included in an obscure place, and for all relevant compilers there is no difference between specifying them from make and in a source file. The easiest solution is to just always link them from make and remove any source level linkage.

I like this change. I am pretty sure not many know about this feature at all, we don't have that many knowledgeable Windows developers. If the methods are equivalent, I prefer linking via make file.

Pinging @magicus, maybe he can chime in.

Cheers, Thomas

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10633