8320005: Allow loading of shared objects with .a extension on AIX

[suchismith1993]

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit e85355ad from the openjdk/jdk repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Suchismith Roy on 27 Feb 2024 and was reviewed by Amit Kumar, Thomas Stuefe, Joachim Kern and Martin Doerr.

Thanks!

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Progress

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• Change must not contain extraneous whitespace
• Commit message must refer to an issue
• JDK-8320005 needs maintainer approval

Issue

• JDK-8320005: Allow loading of shared objects with .a extension on AIX (Bug - P4)

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This backport pull request has now been updated with issue from the original commit.

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