RFR: 8347755: Support static library in jmod [v6]

[Jiangli Zhou]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:07:05 GMT, Henry Jen <henryjen at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> I didn't particularly filter-out or move this file because I wonder if this file serve as a manifest. 
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>> No, it doesn't, it's just an implementation specific detail of the build system.
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>>> Otherwise, we could do something like how we process other folders like modules_libs. `jmod --exclude` could be a solution as well.
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>> No, no. We should just don't mix temporary support files with the proper output files.
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>> > I didn't particularly filter-out or move this file because I wonder if this file serve as a manifest.
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>> No, it doesn't, it's just an implementation specific detail of the build system.
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> I know the original intention of this is not for that. What I am asking is if we should have such a manifest or hints for user? Similar to pkg-config.
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>> > Otherwise, we could do something like how we process other folders like modules_libs. `jmod --exclude` could be a solution as well.
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>> No, no. We should just don't mix temporary support files with the proper output files.
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> That I agree.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/leyden/pull/46#issuecomment-2814127775