[Distutils] Question about DOS/Windows static libs

[Robin Becker]

In article <20000306213404.A503@beelzebub>, Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
writes
>[me]
>> So: is this true?  Does a static library under Windows need to be built
>> with library and library search directories?  Or is this an unnecessary
>> appendage that can be jettisoned?
>
...
according to the lib reference .lib files can be input to lib commands;
so you can combine libraries and .obj files to produce a new static lib.

It's not very clear, but I guess the .libs should be for static
libraries.
-- 
Robin Becker