RFR: 8354686: [AIX] now ubsan is possible

[Matthias Baesken]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:51:25 GMT, Joachim Kern <jkern at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> okay thanks.
>> So back to my first question - is the tool always at this position ?
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> For the 17.1.2 Compiler it is always at the same position relative to the compiler executable itself. Of course you can install the 17.1.2 Compiler at a different absolute place, but this does not break the relative position to the compiler executable.
> I do not know if it is stored at the same relative position in future versions of the compiler.

Thanks for clarifying!  For 17.1.1 the ubsan stuff does not work anyway.  For 17.1.2 it is the same (**relative**) position.  So I guess we can leave it as it is ;  in case XLC 18 or 19 has another tool or other fs layout of its binaries we have to deal with this anyway .

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24667#discussion_r2048711742