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.

I'm sure one of the main devs could confirm that...

-Steve




On 16 June 2011 20:38, jesse <chat2jesse@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok, I know the difference between .so and .a/.la, my question is why freeswitch makefile needs to create both libfreeswitch.so and libfreewitch.la? You either dynamic link or static link. I am confused here. ..

On Jun 16, 2011 12:27 PM, "Steven Ayre" <steveayre@gmail.com> wrote:
> They're built in. They're not separate modules, there's no need to load
> them.
>
> The .so is a shared library.
> The .la is a static library created by libtool. It's like a .a file if you
> weren't using libtool.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On 16 June 2011 20:02, jesse <chat2jesse@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> in the core? I guess it is included in libfreeswitch.so.
>>
>> based on the makefile output the libfreeswitch has two forms :
>> libfreeswitch.la and libfreeswitch.so, what is the reason ? It creates a
>> big headache for our cross compiling..
>>
>> -jesse
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Anthony Minessale <
>> anthony.minessale@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> in the core =D
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM, jesse <chat2jesse@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I am doing cross compiling of freeswitch.
>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912825 [WARNING] switch_loadable_module.c:948 Module
>>> > path /CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE.so and file CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE to be
>>> loaded
>>> > ...!
>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912890 [CRIT] switch_loadable_module.c:882 Error
>>> Loading
>>> > module /CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE.so
>>> > **/CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
>>> file or
>>> > directory**
>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912905 [WARNING] switch_loadable_module.c:948 Module
>>> > path /CORE_PCM_MODULE.so and file CORE_PCM_MODULE to be loaded ...!
>>> > 2011-06-16 11:12:46.912941 [CRIT] switch_loadable_module.c:882 Error
>>> Loading
>>> > module /CORE_PCM_MODULE.so
>>> > **/CORE_PCM_MODULE.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>>> > directory**
>>> >
>>> > I can't find them under /usr/local/freeswitch. where are they?
>>> > -jesse
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