Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:50:32 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/76056: /usr/lib entry in hier(7) man page Message-ID: <200501101550.j0AFoV55032989@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/76056; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: "Enrique Mat?as S?nchez (Quique)" <cronopios@gmail.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/76056: /usr/lib entry in hier(7) man page Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:46:01 +0200 On 2005-01-10 16:37, "Enrique Mat?as S?nchez (Quique)" <cronopios@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:15:06 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> I don't really understand the /usr/lib entry in the hier man page: >>> >>> lib/ archive libraries >> >> Libraries *are* 'archives'. Archives of object files. > > I just found a webpage > (http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90655/ch05s01.html) about HP-UX > explaining that there are two types of libraries: shared and archive > libraries. Archive libraries are indeed archives of object files > created with the ar command. > > I am not a programmer, and didn't know about that; therefore my confusion. > >> The description of hier(7) is a bit terse, but it is true IMHO. > > Absolutelly. > > Maybe it should be explained somewhere what an archive library is? The > handbook does not explain about it. I can change the description of /usr/lib to: lib/ shared and archive ar(1)-type libraries Does this seem a good way to point the reader to ar(1) -- where a good explanation of what archive libraries are can be found?
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