IZ87225: JAVA6 JRE LIBJVM.A SYMBOLIC LINK IS MISSING SINCE JAVA6 GA

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: JNI application failure on AIX platforms.
  .
  Stack Trace: N/A
  .
  Building a JNI application which links with libjvm.a on a Java6
  JDK and then later executing the same with a fresh machine
  having just Java6 JRE is experiencing crash / GPF / unable to
  load libjvm.a exceptions.
  

Local fix

• manually adding libjvm.a softlink pointing to libjvm.so solves
  the problem reported.
  

Problem summary

• With IBM Java6 JRE on AIX platform, there is no symbolic link
  libjvm.a created for jre/lib/ppc/j9vm/libjvm.so and similarly
  for jre/lib/ppc/classic/libjvm.so. Meanwhile IBM Java5 JRE on
  AIX platforms has these symbolic links created.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  6.0.0 SR9FP1
  .
  The symbolic link is missing since Java6 GA. Necessary changes
  introduced to fix this problem.
  .
  To obtain the fix:
  Install build 20101217 or later
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA CLASS LIBS

• Fixed component ID

  620700130

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSN

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