--- old/make/linux/makefiles/defs.make	Wed Sep 21 11:38:08 2011
+++ new/make/linux/makefiles/defs.make	Wed Sep 21 11:38:08 2011
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
 
 JDK_INCLUDE_SUBDIR=linux
 
+# Library suffix
+LIBRARY_SUFFIX=so
+
 # FIXUP: The subdirectory for a debug build is NOT the same on all platforms
 VM_DEBUG=jvmg
 
@@ -122,27 +125,27 @@
 EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_DOCS_DIR)/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html
 
 # client and server subdirectories have symbolic links to ../libjsig.so
-EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/libjsig.so
+EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/libjsig.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
 EXPORT_SERVER_DIR = $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/server
 EXPORT_CLIENT_DIR = $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/client
 
 ifndef BUILD_CLIENT_ONLY
 EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_SERVER_DIR)/Xusage.txt
-EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_SERVER_DIR)/libjvm.so
+EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_SERVER_DIR)/libjvm.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(ZERO_BUILD), true)
   ifeq ($(ARCH_DATA_MODEL), 32)
     EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_CLIENT_DIR)/Xusage.txt
-    EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_CLIENT_DIR)/libjvm.so 
+    EXPORT_LIST += $(EXPORT_CLIENT_DIR)/libjvm.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
   endif
 endif
 
 # Serviceability Binaries
 # No SA Support for PPC, IA64, ARM or zero
-ADD_SA_BINARIES/x86   = $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/libsaproc.so \
+ADD_SA_BINARIES/x86   = $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/libsaproc.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX) \
                         $(EXPORT_LIB_DIR)/sa-jdi.jar 
-ADD_SA_BINARIES/sparc = $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/libsaproc.so \
+ADD_SA_BINARIES/sparc = $(EXPORT_JRE_LIB_ARCH_DIR)/libsaproc.$(LIBRARY_SUFFIX) \
                         $(EXPORT_LIB_DIR)/sa-jdi.jar 
 ADD_SA_BINARIES/ppc   = 
 ADD_SA_BINARIES/ia64  =