Should System.mapLibraryName(userLibName) on AIX return ".a" suffix ?

[Baesken, Matthias]

Hello ,  checking   /usr/lib64   on one of my AIX boxes I find  a lot  of  .so   libs  and also a lot of .a   libs  as well  .
So I am unsure which way to go  - both  suffix  versions seem to be pretty  common  these days on AIX .

So I would probably keep it as it is ,  because we had not really much complains so far about it .

Best regards, Matthias


From: ppc-aix-port-dev <ppc-aix-port-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of Andrew Leonard
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Subject: Re: Should System.mapLibraryName(userLibName) on AIX return ".a" suffix ?

Hi,
Does anyone have a view on whether the the default AIX suffix should change to ".a"?
Thanks
Andrew

Andrew Leonard
Java Runtimes Development
IBM Hursley
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
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From:        Andrew Leonard/UK/IBM
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Date:        19/06/2020 10:12
Subject:        Should System.mapLibraryName(userLibName) on AIX return ".a" suffix ?
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Hi,
Currently System.mapLibraryName(userLibName)returns ".so" as the library suffix on AIX, however the default shared library suffix on AIX is actually ".a". Should the System.mapLibraryName(userLibName)default suffix be changed to align with the AIX default?
Thanks
Andrew

Andrew Leonard
Java Runtimes Development
IBM Hursley
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
internet email: andrew_m_leonard at uk.ibm.com<mailto:andrew_m_leonard at uk.ibm.com>

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