On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Tomas M wrote:
> I noticed that make install copies libntfs-3g.a into /usr/lib/ I always
> thought that *.a files are needed only to statically link the binary and
> then it is not needed anymore. Is there any reason to 'install'
> libntfs-3g.a to the system? Can I safely delete it? You know, it's 300KB,
> and my initrd is becoming full :)
>
> Or perhaps I should learn better what are *.a files for? :)
It's needed if one statically links against libntfs-3g. You can safely
remove it from initrd.
Regards,
Szaka
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