RFR: 8329704: Implement framework for proper handling of JDK_LIBS [v8]

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:10:27 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is the pinnacle of the recent stream of refactorings in the build system. This patch introduces a more abstract concept of "JDK_LIBS", where only the library name (e.g. "java" or "java.desktop:jawt") is specified, and the build system turns this into suitable linker flags: `-ljawt -L<correct path>` or `jawt.lib -libpath:<correct path>`, depending on linker. It will also automatically create proper dependencies.
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> Magnus Ihse Bursie has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Fix missing lib prefix

> (Also another question, AddJdkLibrary is what adds the library path and library itself to the LDFLAGS and LIBS respectively, right?)

Yes. I was hoping that would be rather clearly documented...

Any way, my plan is to make a clear separate directory `import-libs` or something like that, so we can clearly separate import libraries from "proper" static libraries, which is not really done right now. I think and hope that after I'm done, everything will be much clearer, so whatever changes you need to do are obvious and simple.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18649#issuecomment-2056641541