On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:43:39 GMT, Andrew Leonard <aleon...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> You're essentially correct Erik, on AIX there is no such tool as OBJCOPY on >> Linux platforms, so you cannot physically remove the symbolic information >> from the native compiled object. So this CREATE_DEBUG_INFO_CMDS copies the >> object containing symbols, prior to the STRIP_CMD being executed as part of >> the make of $$($1_TARGET) recipe: >> >> $$($1_CREATE_DEBUGINFO_CMDS) >> $$($1_STRIP_CMD) >> >> The external debuginfo is then passed by the user of AIX dbx using -B >> <.debuginfo> >> >> You make a good point though that this looks confusing, so I will update the >> PR with a comment to this rule. >> thanks > > I've added a comment in the make file in the refresh Thanks for the clarification and the comment! ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3763
