|  |  10.2.3 Creating Static Libraries 
In contrast, libtoolwill create a static library if either
the `-static' or `-all-static' switches are specified on 
the link line for a Libtool library: 
 |  | $ libtool gcc -static -o libhello.la hello.lo
rm -fr .libs/libhello.la .libs/libhello.* .libs/libhello.*
ar cru .libs/libhello.a  hello.o
ranlib .libs/libhello.a
creating libhello.la
(cd .libs && rm -f libhello.la && ln -s ../libhello.la libhello.la)
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Note that since libtoolwill only create a static archive, the
`-rpath' switch is not required:  once a static library has been
installed, there is no need to perform additional finalization for the
library to be used from the installed location(16), or
to track runtime search paths when installing a static archive. 
When you link an executable against this `libhello.la', the 
objects from the static archive will be statically linked into the
executable.  The advantage of such a library over the traditional native 
static archive is that all of the dependency information from the
Libtool library is used.  For an example,  See section Creating Convenience Libraries.
 
 
libtoolis useful as a general library building
toolkit, yet people still seem to regress to the old way of building
libraries whenever they want to use static archives.  You should exploit
the consistent interface oflibtooleven for static archives.
If you don't want to use shared archives, use the `-static'
switch to build a static Libtool library. 
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