Biju Kaimal (BKAIMAL.IN.ORACLE.COM.ofcmail@in.oracle.com) wrote:
: /* test.c */ 
:  
: main() 
: { 
: 	dlopen("/usr/lib/libc.a", 0); 
: } 
:  
: % cc -pg test.o -o test 
:  
: gives output as : ld: _dlopen : undefined symbol 
:  
: while, 
:  
: % cc test.o -o test 

I've never (yet) used that stuff, so you don't need to believe me
without own research... but...

libc.a is certainly not anything you would want to dynamically link.
libc.so.X.Y for appropriate values of X and Y is.

Regards,
  
	Ignatios Souvatzis