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Date:      Tue, 25 Dec 2001 17:10:54 +0100
From:      Julio Merino <juli@merino.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about files in /usr/lib
Message-ID:  <20011225171054.B91872@klamath.local>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011225083617.01691728@mail.sage-american.com>; from jacks@sage-american.com on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 08:36:17AM -0600
References:  <20011225145811.A901@tisys.org> <20011225145811.A901@tisys.org> <20011225152007.A86639@klamath.local> <3.0.5.32.20011225083617.01691728@mail.sage-american.com>

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On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 08:36:17AM -0600, jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
> hmmmm.... I have those too and if they are NOT necessary, I would like to
> eliminate them on future makes too. Please, what is the URL of that
> Handbook page so I may read it carefully before changing my make.conf....
> thanks!

Go to http://www.freebsd.org/handbook, to the "Cutting edge" section I guess.
You can also issue a "man make.conf"... wonderful man page ;)

HTH

> 
> At 03:20 PM 12.25.2001 +0100, Julio Merino wrote:
> >On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:58:11PM +0100, Nils Holland wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >
> >These are profiled libraries. I never install them, and I don't want
> >them on my system, so I have NOPROFILE=true in /etc/make.conf. You may
> >have ran make with an argument like that, as stated in the handbook.
> >
> >This is useful because profiled libraries are hardly used and they take
> >a lot of time to build.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >> Greetings
> >> Nils
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> Nils Holland
> >> Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany
> >> http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org
> >> 
> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
> >
> >-- 
> >La ignorancia es la felicidad.
> >
> >Julio Merino (Slink) <juli@merino.net>
> >
> >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Re Question about files in us"
> >
> 
> Best regards,
> Jack L. Stone,
> Server Admin
> 
> Sage-American
> http://www.sage-american.com
> jacks@sage-american.com
> 
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-- 
La ignorancia es la felicidad.

Julio Merino (Slink) <juli@merino.net>

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