Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: \"ld\" and \".a\" files Message-ID: <7337@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 22:45:37 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7337 Posted: Mon Jan 14 22:45:37 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 04:41:49 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 3 The entire whatever.o file is linked in, whether from an archive or by itself. This is by design and is indeed necessary for C programs.