On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Payal <[email protected]>wrote:
> There are many pages for, > library file (-l switch) > archive files etc. > > I am confused, what does that have to do with make exactly? I think that > has more to do with C (or maybe gcc). Am I right? Historically, make was originally used to compile C programs, which includes making binaries and libraries. Historically, static libraries were called "archives", which is why make calls them that (make itself is very, very old (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software)). In fact, the static linking program on most Unix systems is called "ar" (as in "archive"). > Can I skip those > topics since I am not a C coder? > Absolutely. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/
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