-----Original Message----- From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:tiwai@xxxxxxx] > You cannot build both *.a and *.so _at the same time_ for alsa-lib. > partly because of bad behavior of libtool, partly because of the > design of alsa-lib (embedded plugins in static lib). > > Simply build twice, once for a shared lib and once for a static lib. > > > > I got the libasound.a just find and it linked the app and the app *runs*, it just > > doesnt find the device! > > The libasound.a is broken. * Well, I meant the libasound.a you made is broken. * When you build libasound.a without --disable-shared, it passes -DPIC * and it's built with assumption of shared library use. AHH! thankyou for explaining that! i am greatful for the increase in my understanding of library compilation 'dynamics' (for want of a better term :-) ) tnx for the 'schoolin'' i'll report back on my outcome. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel