* Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040323 00:29]: > * Bernhard R. Link ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > * Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040322 21:14]: > > > Pffft. Honestly, I think that claim of end-users and local > > > administrators using static libraries is rather dated and rarely the > > > case these days. > > > > I do not know, if they are used to make any programs intended for > > production use any more, though I often found them very helpfull > > when debugging things. > > Having to recompile whole libraries just to locate some of those > > ugly pointer-address relatated bugs makes those assembler near > > languages like C and friends much more a pain than it has to be. > > Would -dbg packages fix this issue for you?
I do not know, what -dbg should exactly contain. If it contains files usable for static linking, than that would suffice. Though having to tell people: "if you want to compile statically, you have to install -dbg, because that seemed a reason to have '.a's" sounds quite strange... Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link -- Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
