Previously static and shared library names had the same naming scheme, - except the file extension was different between the filenames. For example, - the shared common library was called libicuuc.so, and the static common - library was called libicuuc.a on many Unix type machines. It has come to - our attention, that Windows import library names and static library names - can have the same name, and when the -brtl linker option is removed the - static and shared libraries have the same filename extension, which is - ".a". The -brtl linker option on AIX has been removed at several people's - request.
-In order to differentiate between the two library names on all platforms, static libraries now use an "s" as a prefix to differentiate between the shared and static libraries. For example, "libicuuc.a" is now @@ -2157,7 +2144,7 @@ del common/libicuuc.so