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Message-ID: <04f601c22f71$b9b4d0c0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>
From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
To: "Heribert Dahms" <heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com>,
   "'Billinghurst, David \(CRTS\)'" <David DOT Billinghurst AT riotinto DOT com>,
   <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Available for test: gcc-3.1.1-3, gcc2-2.95.3-9, gcc-mingw-3_1-20020516-2
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 08:14:59 +1000
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libtool creates metalibrary files that contain dependency information,
sonames, dlopen names and the like. They are called foo.la.

Rob
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Heribert Dahms" <heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com>
To: "'Robert Collins'" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>; "'Billinghurst,
David (CRTS)'" <David DOT Billinghurst AT riotinto DOT com>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 6:47 AM
Subject: RE: Available for test: gcc-3.1.1-3, gcc2-2.95.3-9,
gcc-mingw-3_1-20020516-2


> Hi Rob,
>
> what is *.la, please?
> I know *.a, *.so, *.sl, *.dll etc for years,
> but I've seen *.la mentioned only in a few recent mails.
>
> Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Collins [SMTP:robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 15:39
> > To: 'Billinghurst, David (CRTS)'; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RE: Available for test: gcc-3.1.1-3, gcc2-2.95.3-9,
> > gcc-mingw-3_1-20020516-2
> >
> > >  - /usr/lib/libstdc++.la
> > >  - /usr/lib/libsupc++.la
> > >  - /usr/lib/libgcj.la
> >
> > Hmm, I smell a libtool problem in the generation of the .la files.
> >
> > Sigh, I'll add this to my list of libtool bugs to review.
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
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