RFR: JDK-8319516 AIX System::loadLibrary needs support to load a shared library from an archive object [v21]

[Martin Doerr]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:06:21 GMT, Suchismith Roy <sroy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Allow support for both .a and .so files in AIX.
>> If .so file is not found, allow fallback to .a extension.
>> JBS Issue: [JDK-8319516](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8319516)
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> Suchismith Roy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   test change

JTREG usually places libraries here: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/279ed0ddd505fb3052b818f755b4b220ed5557e6/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk#L47
Files can get copied by `Files.copy`: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html#copy-java.nio.file.Path-java.nio.file.Path-java.nio.file.CopyOption...-

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#issuecomment-2047886211