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Re: ar not compatible between 2.11 and 2.13 ?
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: Nitin Gupta <gupta at equator dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 30 Apr 2003 09:30:32 +0100
- Subject: Re: ar not compatible between 2.11 and 2.13 ?
- References: <3EAED57F.7050801@equator.com> <3EAED677.7080907@equator.com>
Hi Nitin,
> I noticed that if I create an archive on machine using ar version
> 2.13 (2.13.90.0.2 to be precise) say libXYZ.a, if I do a "ar t" on
> machine using 2.11 (2.11.90.0.8), I see
>
> ar t libXYZ.a
> X.
> Y.o
> Z.o
>
> It is just an example. The problem, is that the object names are
> missing ".o" when I do an "ar t" on a archive created using 2.13
> version. BTW, it shows it correct if I use same version of archive
> to see the contents.
>
> Please let me know, if that is never suppose to work, or if there is
> a patch for it.
There are no more patches available or planned to be produced for
version 2.11 of binutils. Since the 2.13 version is working correctly
I recommend sticking with that version.
Cheers
Nick