MiNT libs

[q-funk@megacom.net (Martin-Eric Racine)]

I know this has been brought up previously, but....
Which convention is currently in use?  

   lib<name>.a    or    <name>.olb
   
Since which GCC port was this changed?

I found several libs were broken, after my recent HD crash, but when
trying to re-install everything, I found that PL48 is only an update
for older stuff; previously released stuff is not included.

libc.a and libsocket16.a (among others) were corrupt, but I haven't
been able to track which package they came from....

Using equivalent GNU libs as a backup is not always desirable either.
Compiling the very simple odometer.c produced an executable of 21k 
using libc.a, while gnu.olb delivered a whopping 34k binary !!!

Any clarification/help regarding this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.


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