21 Mar
2005
21 Mar
'05
5:22 a.m.
Isaac Jones
The index stores a time stamp; if the .a file's modification date is newer, then ld will refuse to load from it until you re-run ranlib. This commonly happens when you first build your .a files and then touch their modification date while installing.
Owch. That's some odd behavior; any links to an explanation for why it works that way? Does this happen on other arches?
Yes, this is exactly the way it works on Solaris as well. Regards, Malcolm