update shared library extension on AIX to .a

pylib/gyp/generator/make.py

Index: pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
diff --git a/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index 0db84292047bab4aa4003e055567216e6c6f78ff..c6ed37a13b13b14e4ab71c15f276322a1d4e4728 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.

[Dirk Pranke, 2016/11/14 21:28:38]

I *think* this needs to stay as Google, actually, and we should add IBM to the
AUTHORS file.

Also, we should not change the copyright year (the year represents when the file
was created, not when it was last modified).

Does that work for you?

 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ def CalculateVariables(default_variables, params):
     if flavor == 'android':
       operating_system = 'linux'  # Keep this legacy behavior for now.
     default_variables.setdefault('OS', operating_system)
-    default_variables.setdefault('SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX', '.so')
+    if flavor == 'aix':
+      default_variables.setdefault('SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX', '.a')
+    else:
+      default_variables.setdefault('SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX', '.so')
     default_variables.setdefault('SHARED_LIB_DIR','$(builddir)/lib.$(TOOLSET)')
     default_variables.setdefault('LIB_DIR', '$(obj).$(TOOLSET)')
 
@@ -1349,7 +1352,10 @@ $(obj).$(TOOLSET)/$(TARGET)/%%.o: $(obj)/%%%s FORCE_DO_CMD
       if target[:3] == 'lib':
         target = target[3:]
       target_prefix = 'lib'
-      target_ext = '.so'
+      if self.flavor == 'aix':
+        target_ext = '.a'
+      else:
+        target_ext = '.so'
     elif self.type == 'none':
       target = '%s.stamp' % target
     elif self.type != 'executable':