build: add shared library support to AIX build

Stewart Addison · mhdawson · commit 1bd871655a8b · 2016-11-22T14:22:22.000-05:00
Updates to build the shared library version of node on AIX. Adds the same functionality to AIX that was added on Linux under this: Ref: #6994 PR-URL: #9675 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
@@ -848,7 +848,14 @@ def configure_node(o):
   o['variables']['node_no_browser_globals'] = b(options.no_browser_globals)
   o['variables']['node_shared'] = b(options.shared)
   node_module_version = getmoduleversion.get_version()
-  shlib_suffix = '%s.dylib' if sys.platform == 'darwin' else 'so.%s'
+
+  if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    shlib_suffix = '%s.dylib'
+  elif sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
+    shlib_suffix = '%s.a'
+  else:
+    shlib_suffix = 'so.%s'
+
   shlib_suffix %= node_module_version
   o['variables']['node_module_version'] = int(node_module_version)
   o['variables']['shlib_suffix'] = shlib_suffix
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
@@ -928,7 +928,15 @@
       'targets': [
         {
           'target_name': 'node',
-          'type': 'executable',
+          'conditions': [
+            ['node_shared=="true"', {
+              'type': 'shared_library',
+              'ldflags': ['--shared'],
+              'product_extension': '<(shlib_suffix)',
+            }, {
+              'type': 'executable',
+            }],
+          ],
           'dependencies': ['<(node_core_target_name)', 'node_exp'],
 
           'include_dirs': [
