RFR: 8307194: Add make target for optionally building a complete set of all JDK and hotspot libjvm static libraries [v7]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Fri, 5 May 2023 16:52:22 GMT, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR is branched from the makefile changes for https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8303796 and contains the following for handling the JDK/hotspot static libraries:
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>> - Introduce new make target(s) for creating image/bundle containing hotspot libjvm.a and JDK static libraries
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>> - For libjvm.a specifically, exclude operator_new.o
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>> - Filter out "external" .o files (those are the .o files included from a different JDK library and needed when creating the .so shared library only) from JDK .a libraries; That's to avoid linker failures caused by duplicate symbols
>>   - For libjli.a: Not include inflate.o inftrees.o inffast.o zadler32.o zcrc32.o zutil.o (compiled from zlib sources) if zlib is built as JDK bundled
>>  - For libawt_xawt.a and libawt_head.a: Not include systemScale.o, since it's provided in libawt.a
>>  
>> - Handle long arguments case for static build in make/common/NativeCompilation.gmk
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>> - Address @erikj79's comment in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/13709#discussion_r1180750185 for LIBJLI_STATIC_EXCLUDE_OBJS
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> Jiangli Zhou has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Fix whitespace error in make/StaticJvmLibsImage.gmk.

Seems fine to me, but I'm not an expert in on the build files. Thanks for the implementing the suggestion.

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Marked as reviewed by sgehwolf (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13768#pullrequestreview-1416396939