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From: rmallory@wiley.csusb.edu (Rob Mallory)
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Subject: install/ranlib of libraries
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  I just noticed something which might be a "Good Change" for the 
installation procedure of libraries.  I am dealing with the sig-11
problems, which when compiling big programs, sometimes a sig-11
at the wrong place will leave a bad .o file which I sometimes forget
to rm before another make.

...anyways, I noticed that the install directive in the makefile
in the library section first install(1)'s the library, then ranlib's
it. SunOS likes to ranlib it in the working directory, then install
it, then ranlib it again. This makes good sense, since I got a 
"ranlib --missing symbol table" on my libc.a when it installed it.

...something to think about,   something to _change_

Rob Mallory [rmallory@csusb.edu]