From 9b112f3f974bcad41a1f2c923631344ea47c4d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdirahim Musse <33973272+abmusse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:03:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] test: set type=none on IBM i for empty source

addon targets.

openssl-binding, openssl-get-ssl-ctx,
openssl-providers, and zlib-binding all exclude
their sources on IBM i because the platform ships
OpenSSL and zlib as system libraries.
The binding.gyp condition leaves the target with
no sources but still of type 'loadable_module',
which causes gyp to generate a full solink_module
COPY rule in the generated Makefile.

With gcc-12, the compiler exits 1 on empty input
so gmake stops at the link step and
build_addons.py skips the addon non fatally. With
clang-21, the compiler exits 0 on empty input and
writes no output file. The linker driver then
runs llvm-nm internally as a post-link step to
generate the .exp symbol export file, finds no
output and aborts with:

  llvm-nm: error: a.out: No such file or directory

See: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-ibmi/nodes=ibmi74-ppc64/2438/console

The fix is to declare the target as type
'none' when on IBM i. The gyp make generator
produces only a touch-stamp rule for 'none'
targets no solink_module, no COPY, no .node
output is ever expected. build_addons.py sees
exit 0 and run-ci continues.

Test build with this fix:

https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-ibmi/nodes=ibmi74-ppc64/2437/console

Signed-off-by: Abdirahim Musse <33973272+abmusse@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 test/addons/openssl-binding/binding.gyp     | 3 +++
 test/addons/openssl-get-ssl-ctx/binding.gyp | 3 +++
 test/addons/openssl-providers/binding.gyp   | 3 +++
 test/addons/zlib-binding/binding.gyp        | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/addons/openssl-binding/binding.gyp b/test/addons/openssl-binding/binding.gyp
index e1dc611d78ed..9d2f9bfd34fb 100644
--- a/test/addons/openssl-binding/binding.gyp
+++ b/test/addons/openssl-binding/binding.gyp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
                 'aix_variant_name': '<!(uname -s)',
               },
               'conditions': [
+                [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"=="OS400"', { # OS400 (IBM i): no sources, skip link
+                  'type': 'none',
+                }],
                 [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"!="OS400"', { # Not `OS400`(IBM i)
                   'sources': ['binding.cc'],
                   'include_dirs': ['../../../deps/openssl/openssl/include'],
diff --git a/test/addons/openssl-get-ssl-ctx/binding.gyp b/test/addons/openssl-get-ssl-ctx/binding.gyp
index 46a558e12030..a405ba25bbe7 100644
--- a/test/addons/openssl-get-ssl-ctx/binding.gyp
+++ b/test/addons/openssl-get-ssl-ctx/binding.gyp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
                 'aix_variant_name': '<!(uname -s)',
               },
               'conditions': [
+                [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"=="OS400"', { # OS400 (IBM i): no sources, skip link
+                  'type': 'none',
+                }],
                 [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"!="OS400"', { # Not `OS400`(IBM i)
                   'sources': ['binding.cc'],
                   'include_dirs': ['../../../deps/openssl/openssl/include'],
diff --git a/test/addons/openssl-providers/binding.gyp b/test/addons/openssl-providers/binding.gyp
index e1dc611d78ed..9d2f9bfd34fb 100644
--- a/test/addons/openssl-providers/binding.gyp
+++ b/test/addons/openssl-providers/binding.gyp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
                 'aix_variant_name': '<!(uname -s)',
               },
               'conditions': [
+                [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"=="OS400"', { # OS400 (IBM i): no sources, skip link
+                  'type': 'none',
+                }],
                 [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"!="OS400"', { # Not `OS400`(IBM i)
                   'sources': ['binding.cc'],
                   'include_dirs': ['../../../deps/openssl/openssl/include'],
diff --git a/test/addons/zlib-binding/binding.gyp b/test/addons/zlib-binding/binding.gyp
index f6a822d47e9c..5bd4f999218b 100644
--- a/test/addons/zlib-binding/binding.gyp
+++ b/test/addons/zlib-binding/binding.gyp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
             'aix_variant_name': '<!(uname -s)',
           },
           'conditions': [
+            [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"=="OS400"', { # OS400 (IBM i): no sources, skip link
+              'type': 'none',
+            }],
             [ '"<(aix_variant_name)"!="OS400"', { # Not `OS400`(IBM i)
               'sources': ['binding.cc'],
               'include_dirs': ['../../../deps/zlib'],