On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 18:31:52 GMT, Mandy Chung <mch...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > Now, I'm getting "java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no libname.a in
> > java.library.path" when trying `System.loadLibrary("libname.a")` even
> > though the file exists in the library path. Is this intended?
>
> To load a library file, you should use `System.load(<lib-absolute-path>)`
> instead.
>
> For `System::loadLibrary` API, it loads the native library specified by the
> `libname` argument. The `libname` argument must not contain any platform
> specific prefix, file extension or path. See the javadoc [1].
>
> [1]
> https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk23/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/System.html#loadLibrary(java.lang.String)
Ok, you convinced me that getting an exception is the correct behavior.
Nevertheless, the exception message is wrong. It claims that the file didn't
exist, but it does. The problem is a different one.
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#issuecomment-2030328475
