From: David Cyrus Adkisson <dca3@duke.edu>
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  Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:08:47 -0500

makefiles

	
We're a little concerned with how libraries are supposed to be 
implemented. We've found that the help page on creating libraries isn't 
too helpful. 

Should we compile to program first to create all the .o files, then 
create the libraries manually, or should the libraries be created by the 
Makefile first by creating the .o files and then archiving them 
automatically. The statement on the help page "Normally you'll use the ar 
command in a makefile so you'll probably use a makefile variable rather 
than *.o."  makes sense and I've figured out the *.o substitute, but I 
don't know how to get makefile to accept a command like that without errors.

I guess my confusion is based on whether or not the libraries should be 
made manually or automatically and how. Is there another more 
comprehensive library page we should know about because this one assumes 
we know what libraries are that we're good makefile programmers, and 
they're dead wrong on both counts. 

Any clarifications on this stuff would be greatly appreciated. 

	Cyrus Adkisson