[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If i do a ls -l /usr/lib/lib*.a i see i have all kinds of libs installed
> who end with a .a like librpm.a . Aren't those a.out libraries. AKAIK
> those are obsolete and especially with a lib like librpm.a i doubt that it
> has any uses.
You can switch to Slackware-1.0 for a.out binaries (c) fpons.
Ok, seriously: these are `ar' archives.
[gc@obiwan ~] file /usr/lib/librpm.a
/usr/lib/librpm.a: current ar archive
They are mostly used to store a collection of binary object files (*.o) to
make a library. They are used for static linking, so you may also see *.so
files (these are shared libraries).
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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
