Linking convenience libraries

[Albert Chin]

When using the compiler to perform the link and linking against
convenience libraries, is there any reason to link explicitly against
the extracted objects of the convenience libraries rather than just
the .a file? I'm running into a problem on IRIX with the SGI C++
compiler that is solved if I link the .a files. I see no reason why we
extract the convenience libraries libraries when linking against the
compiler v. the linker.

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albert chin (address@hidden)