Re: need libbsd.so.1.0.0

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> 
> On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote:
> > The current implementation of postgres95 for Debian requires 
> > libbsd.so.1.0.0, but the libc5 package includes only libbsd.a.
> > (How) can I make libbsd.so.1.0.0 from the .a file?
> > (Sorry to be asking what I imagine is such a naive question.)
> 
> I have no idea where the libbsd.so.1.0.0 came from.

But if you've got the .a file, cannot you make the .so file by:

mkdir t
cd t
ar -x ../libbsd.a
gcc -o libbsd.so.1.0.0 -shared -W,l-soname,libbsd.so.1 *.o

(I may well be _very_ wrong, and please flame me if I am,
but I just _think_ it would work, and it's easy to find out).

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