[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8320005: Allow loading of shared objects with .a extension on AIX

Thu Mar 7 12:44:10 UTC 2024

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit [b8ae4a8c](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/b8ae4a8c0985d1763ac48ba78943d8b992d7be77) from the [openjdk/jdk](https://git.openjdk.org/jdk) repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Joachim Kern on 11 Jan 2024 and was reviewed by Thomas Stuefe and Martin Doerr.

Thanks!

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Commit messages:
 - Backport e85355ada4ac1061c49ee9f1247d37a437c7b5ab

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2271/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2271&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320005
  Stats: 1532 lines in 12 files changed: 1510 ins; 6 del; 16 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2271.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/2271/head:pull/2271

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2271