Re: BIG libraries with self-compiled version

[Michael Creel]

Michael Creel wrote:

> Hello, I have compiled octave using the configuration
>
> ./configure --enable-shared --enable-dl --enable-lite-kernel
>
> Now I have the following files:
>
> address@hidden a tty[octave-2.1.71]# ls -l
> total 292580
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root    801574 2005-09-28 11:03 libcruft.a
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        18 2005-09-28 11:03 libcruft.so -> 
> libcruft.so.2.                      1.71
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    522955 2005-09-28 11:03 libcruft.so.2.1.71
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 100877472 2005-09-28 11:03 liboctave.a
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        19 2005-09-28 11:03 liboctave.so -> 
> liboctave.so.                      2.1.71
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  49149792 2005-09-28 11:03 liboctave.so.2.1.71
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  98757812 2005-09-28 11:03 liboctinterp.a
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        22 2005-09-28 11:03 liboctinterp.so -> 
> liboctinte                      rp.so.2.1.71
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  49192239 2005-09-28 11:03 liboctinterp.so.2.1.71
> address@hidden a tty[octave-2.1.71]#        
>
> Those huge *.a are static libraries, no? Can I delete them? Is it 
> possible to configure octave so that they are not made? Thanks, M.
The answers are yes and yes. Simply deleting them has left me with a 
working octave. And the --disable-static configure option prevents them 
from being made. Now I'm intrigued why octave is checking for mpi.h. M.



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