Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:55:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Ishmael <ishmael@tranquility.net> To: Kresimir Kumericki <kkumer@phy.hr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why do I have lib*_p.a? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004191252550.473-100000@usr2-ppp34.tranquility.net> In-Reply-To: <20000419193513.A73459@phy.hr>
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.so are shared libraries. .a are static libraries. Both are elf. As for why you have _p.a libs, did you install profile libs during initial installation? Rebuilding world wont delete stuff already there. Jeremy On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Kresimir Kumericki wrote: > I was under impression that lib*_p.a libraries are "profiled" > libraries that should not be built if NOPROFILE=true is > specified in /etc/make.conf. I have uncommented this line but > after make world I still have lots of _p.a libraries in > /usr/lib. What have I got wrong? > And while I'm at it, what about .a and .so libs. Again, I > seem to remember that .a are aout and .so elf libs. Does any > of FreeBSD programs still use aout libs? > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Kresimir Kumericki kkumer@phy.hr http://www.phy.hr/~kkumer/ > Theoretical Physics Department, University of Zagreb, Croatia > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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