Re: How to ship .a files in a python-support package?
On 09/30/2010 11:59 PM, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>> What would the file be used for?
>> Linking new modules statically with the library?
>
> If only I know (I barely understand what a .a is for)... From the bug
> report, I can only infer that scipy new version (0.8.0) doesn't build
> without libnpymath.a .
That is usually a static library.
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Program-Library-HOWTO/static-libraries.html
The question would be: why do they need a static library and is it possible to
build and use a shared lib instead.
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