Howdy all!
What does it mean while I get the following response to ./libtool
--features
bash$ ./libtool --features
host: powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0
enable shared libraries
disable static libraries
Does this mean that static libraries will not be built on this
platform?
Yet my build is having the
>(The .a file is always a static library, right?)
Not on AIX. AIX differentiates between the notion of 'shared object'
and 'shared library'.
A shared object is a single object file that has the Shared object
SHROBJ flag in the XCOFF header. A shared object normally has a name of
the form name
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Ed Hartnett wrote:
Yet my build is having the problem of installing only the static
library.
(The .a file is always a static library, right?)
No. There is an OS called AIX which can deliver shared libraries with
this extension. :-)
Bob
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>(The .a file is always a static library, right?)
>
> Not on AIX. AIX differentiates between the notion of 'shared object'
> and 'shared library'.
>
> A shared object is a single object file that has the Shared object
> SHROBJ flag in the XCOFF he
> From: Ed Hartnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:33:02 -0600
>
> (The .a file is always a static library, right?)
>
Not on AIX.
A .a file can be a shared library, a static library, or
some combination of the two.
Dan
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* Ed Hartnett wrote on Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:46:11PM CEST:
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >>(The .a file is always a static library, right?)
> >
> > Not on AIX. AIX differentiates between the notion of 'shared object'
> > and 'shared library'.
> Are there other systems w
