> 
> I can't quite understand what could have gone wrong here,
> I can't think how building the .a file from sources
> could result in the .a file being corrupt/truncated, with no other error
> messages.
> 
> You could always do it without the .a file, by editing the Makefile
> to list all the .o files in place of the .a file. Should be sufficient
> to get you a compile, though doesn't explain the initial problem.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: millichs@i... [mailto:millichs@i...]
> Sent: 10 January 2002 17:33
> To: Pro Linux Programming
> Subject: [pro_linux_programming] Gnome DVD code example (Newbie)
> 
> 
Thank you Rick,
being an occasional user of the book, I forgot that the dvd_pg.a file is 
built in Chapter 4 and gets built correctly from the sources. The one in 
Chapter 9 of the distributed sources has somehow been truncated. That 
fixes the problem.

Sergio Millich