On 01/20/2014 03:43 PM, Juergen Beisert wrote: > A *.a archive does not mean it is always a static library. The autotools for > example use them for internal libraries only. 'internal' means they get not > installed when "make install" runs, they are linked internally against the > produced binary, whatever it is. > If this internal *.a library is intended to be linked against an application > its content is mostly compiled as NOPIC. If it is intended to be linked > against a shared library its content must be compiled as PIC. > Thought this info could help you to sort out why the TDE buildsystem builds > more than variant of this library. > > jbe jbe, Thank you. It would have taken me hours to dig that knowledge up. And see my presumption about it being graphics related was totally wrong. I'm no autotools/cmake guru -- I end up fighting with them both more than using them. Glad to know what an autotools archive is and at least understand what PIC and NOPIC means in this context. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.