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Date:      Wed, 26 Dec 2001 01:04:47 +1100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about files in /usr/lib
Message-ID:  <20011226010447.A1000@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011225145811.A901@tisys.org>; from nils@tisys.org on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:58:11PM %2B0100
References:  <20011225145811.A901@tisys.org>

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On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:58:11PM +0100, Nils Holland wrote:
> So, the question: What is libc_p.a (and all the other September-dated _p.a
> files in /usr/lib) there for, why doesn't it get updated when doing "make
> world"? I guess there's a good reason for that - but since I don't even
> know why there is a libc_p.a file besides libc.a and libc.so.4, I don't
> know what this reason is.

They are profiled libraries (i.e. compiled with the GCC -pg option).
I don't know why they aren't remade.

Edwin
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