Is it necessary to install static libraries?

[kaffe@rufus.w3.org]

Hello!

I wonder that "make install" installs static libraries (after "./configure
--with-staticlib; make"):
ls -l *.a.*
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users       500046 Jul 28 14:36 libawt.a.1.00
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users      1462832 Jul 28 14:36 libkaffevm.a.1.00
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users         2556 Jul 28 14:36
libmanagement.a.1.00
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users        33156 Jul 28 14:36 libmath.a.1.00
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users      1036796 Jul 28 14:36 libnative.a.1.00
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users       146094 Jul 28 14:36 libnet.a.1.00
-r-xr-xr-x   1 proski     users        99114 Jul 28 14:36 libzip.a.1.00

Can anybody explain me how these files are used? Which programs can be
linked with them?

Pavel Roskin
ECsoft
London, UK