Re: renaming modules to lib*

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 21:25:33 +0200

Actually they are not built as libraries, they are built as object
archives. The whole archive is linked in as an object, not an library.

Same file format, different link syntax.

/Henrik

Robert Collins wrote:
>
> I'm working on the automake sampler for you gurus to have a look at...
>
> One of the good[CanBeAnnoying] things about automake is it points out
> inconsistencies:
>
> All the modules are currently built as libraries. heap.a, lru.a etc.
>
> Accordingly, they should probably be called libheap.a, liblru.a...
>
> Any expected issues with this? (I don't expect itto impact users at
> all - and it will make shared libraries a lot easier later on [some
> platforms require shared libraries to obey naming formats]).
>
> Rob
Received on Sun Apr 01 2001 - 13:24:10 MDT

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