On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 10:42:37AM -0500, Nathan J. Williams wrote:
> Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr> writes:
> 
> >  > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxf8_32bpp.a
> >  > 
> >  > If not perhaps we shouldn't install them and remove them from the set
> >  > lists? xfree really isn't my thing so I don't know.
> > 
> > They are loaded by the XFree86 X server at runtime if the X server
> > needs on of them. 
> 
> The X server is loading .a files (ar archives, confirmed by file(1) on
> my machine) at runtime? Not .so files? That's pretty unusual. Is it
> invoking ld(1) at runtime to do it?

No x11 has it's own special dynamic loader that loads both .a files as well as .o
driver/input modules.

> 
>         - Nathan

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