netbsd-help: Re: How can I change a static library to a dynamic library?

Subject: Re: How can I change a static library to a dynamic library?
To: None <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/26/1996 19:00:29

>From: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 16:07:00 PST

>I have a static library I would like to change into a dynamic library,   
>BUT I don't have source code, is this possible?

No.  Dyamic libraries use PIC (position-independent code); static
libraries don't.
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