Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:00:58 GMT From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Enrique_Mat=EDas_S=E1nchez_=28Quique=29?= <cronopios@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/76056: /usr/lib entry in hier(7) man page Message-ID: <200501101600.j0AG0wkQ033283@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/76056; it has been noted by GNATS. From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Enrique_Mat=EDas_S=E1nchez_=28Quique=29?= <cronopios@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/76056: /usr/lib entry in hier(7) man page Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:58:16 +0100 On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:46:01 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> 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. > > 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? Yes! That sounds just nice :-) Thank you, Quique -- It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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