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On 25.12.24 11:22, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Thanks for the links. It's disappointing there isn't a standard way to 
> do this. It's nice to see the comments in cpython's makeexp_aix script 
> explaining the "hidden tricks". I'd love to see similar comments in 
> mkldexport.sh explaining what it does. And also why the script is needed 
> on AIX in the first place.
> 
> I wonder if meson's AIX support would have something built-in to do this?

Meson appears to have AIX support, so it's worth trying out.  If it's 
working, then it would also be worth considering a meson-only AIX port, 
which might be much simpler.  Conversely, if it doesn't work at all, it 
would need to be fixed.  I don't think we'd want to accept a new port 
that doesn't work with meson.