I think it's because it compiles libfreeswitch as a .la so that it can be build into the freeswitch binary. libfreeswitch.so is also distributed (and built from the .la) so that you can embed freeswitch within your own program.<br>
<br>I'm sure one of the main devs could confirm that...<br><br>-Steve<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 June 2011 20:38, jesse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chat2jesse@gmail.com">chat2jesse@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><p>Ok, I know the difference between .so and .a/.la, my question is why freeswitch makefile needs to create both libfreeswitch.so and <a href="http://libfreewitch.la" target="_blank">libfreewitch.la</a>? You either dynamic link or static link. I am confused here. ..</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 16, 2011 12:27 PM, "Steven Ayre" <<a href="mailto:steveayre@gmail.com" target="_blank">steveayre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> They're built in. They're not separate modules, there's no need to load<br>
> them.<br>> <br>> The .so is a shared library.<br>> The .la is a static library created by libtool. It's like a .a file if you<br>> weren't using libtool.<br>> <br>> -Steve<br>> <br>> <br>
> On 16 June 2011 20:02, jesse <<a href="mailto:chat2jesse@gmail.com" target="_blank">chat2jesse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> in the core? I guess it is included in libfreeswitch.so.<br>>><br>
>> based on the makefile output the libfreeswitch has two forms :<br>
>> <a href="http://libfreeswitch.la" target="_blank">libfreeswitch.la</a> and libfreeswitch.so, what is the reason ? It creates a<br>>> big headache for our cross compiling..<br>>><br>>> -jesse<br>
>><br>>><br>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Anthony Minessale <<br>>> <a href="mailto:anthony.minessale@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthony.minessale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> in the core =D<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM, jesse <<a href="mailto:chat2jesse@gmail.com" target="_blank">chat2jesse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>> > I am doing cross compiling of freeswitch.<br>
>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912825 [WARNING] switch_loadable_module.c:948 Module<br>
>>> > path /CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE.so and file CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE to be<br>>>> loaded<br>>>> > ...!<br>>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912890 [CRIT] switch_loadable_module.c:882 Error<br>
>>> Loading<br>>>> > module /CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE.so<br>>>> > **/CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE.so: cannot open shared object file: No such<br>>>> file or<br>>>> > directory**<br>
>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912905 [WARNING] switch_loadable_module.c:948 Module<br>>>> > path /CORE_PCM_MODULE.so and file CORE_PCM_MODULE to be loaded ...!<br>>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912941 [CRIT] switch_loadable_module.c:882 Error<br>
>>> Loading<br>>>> > module /CORE_PCM_MODULE.so<br>>>> > **/CORE_PCM_MODULE.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or<br>>>> > directory**<br>>>> ><br>>>> > I can't find them under /usr/local/freeswitch. where are they?<br>
>>> > -jesse<br>>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>>> > FreeSWITCH-dev mailing list<br>>>> > <a href="mailto:FreeSWITCH-dev@lists.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">FreeSWITCH-dev@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br>
>>> > <a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-dev" target="_blank">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-dev</a><br>>>> > UNSUBSCRIBE:<a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-dev" target="_blank">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-dev</a><br>
>>> > <a href="http://www.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Anthony Minessale II<br>
>>><br>>>> FreeSWITCH <a href="http://www.freeswitch.org/" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitch.org/</a><br>>>> ClueCon <a href="http://www.cluecon.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cluecon.com/</a><br>
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