[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8320005: Allow loading of shared objects with .a extension on AIX

Mon Mar 25 18:25:52 UTC 2024

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit [e85355ad](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/e85355ada4ac1061c49ee9f1247d37a437c7b5ab) from the [openjdk/jdk](https://git.openjdk.org/jdk) repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Suchismith Roy on 27 Feb 2024 and was reviewed by Amit Kumar, Thomas Stuefe, Joachim Kern and Martin Doerr.

Thanks!

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Commit messages:
 - Backport e85355ada4ac1061c49ee9f1247d37a437c7b5ab

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk8u-dev&pr=473&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320005
  Stats: 3023 lines in 1 file changed: 3023 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev.git pull/473/head:pull/473

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473