On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:12:16 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdo...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > I have tried to build jextract > > (https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/tree/jdk22) with LLVM > > (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-16.0.4/clang+llvm-16.0.4-powerpc64-ibm-aix-7.2.tar.xz). > > I noticed that llvm mainly consists of .a files. So, I think we need to > > support that for FFI compatibility with other libraries and open source > > projects. > > Seems like this change is not sufficient for that. `clang` is compiled to > `libclang.a` on AIX, but `libclang.so` on linux. I'm getting "System error: > Exec format error" when trying to load `libclang.a` via > `System.loadLibrary(libName);`. So the question remains: Are .a files really > supposed to be dynamically loadable on AIX? If so, where is that documented? Yes we have rhe case where .a files are dynamically loadable as well on AIX. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16604#issuecomment-1905321150
