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build: default to ppc64 on AIX

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/gibfahn/pr-configure-aix into master
Checklist
  • make -j8 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test nosign (Windows) passes
  • commit message follows commit guidelines
Affected core subsystem(s)

build

Description of change

The ./configure python script searches gcc -dM -E - for the ARCH flags. On AIX, gcc builds in 32 bit mode by default prior to gcc v6, so you don't get the flag unless you run gcc -maix64 -dM -E -.

We don't support ppc 32 bit for any OS, so always use ppc64 as the host_arch.

cc/ @edelsohn (who confirmed that __PPC64__ wasn't available below gcc v6) cc/ @nodejs/platform-aix

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