LibraryLookup should lookup libraries in system specific folders

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Priority: P4
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    • Affects Version/s: repo-panama
    • Component/s: tools

      LibraryLookup.ofName looks up a library name in the default system library paths. These paths are hardwired in the hotspot code and typically include just /usr/lib and other few common locations.

      The set of paths can be altered by setting the JDK property "java.library.path" - but other frameworks, such as JNR are smarter in this respect, and try to take full advantage of the environment they are executing on (for instance, on Linux, JNR uses `ld` and its cache to locate where libraries are).

      To improve usability, it would be great if LibraryLookup could be enhanced in a similar fashion.

            Assignee:
            Sundararajan Athijegannathan
            Reporter:
            Maurizio Cimadamore
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