libdbm.a is really a .o file; ld(1) can read it, don't worry. [jove:vax] file /usr/lib/libdbm.a /usr/lib/libdbm.a: executable (object file) not stripped -- Paul Vixie DEC Western Research Lab <vixie at wrl.dec.com> Palo Alto, California ...!decwrl!vixie