> There is nothing in the posix description that says anything about default
> rules to recreate archives.
Maybe I am wrong, but this part of posix seems to say another thing:
5. The most common use of the archive interface follows. Here,
it is assumed that the source files are all C-language
source:
lib: lib(file1.o) lib(file2.o) lib(file3.o)
@echo lib is now up-to-date
The .c.a rule is used to make file1.o, file2.o, and file3.o
and insert them into lib.
You can check it in Examples section of
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/make.html.
Regards,
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Roberto E. Vargas Caballero
