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default ARFLAGS=cru causes warnings when binutils is configured with --enable-deterministic-archives

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Message #26 received at 20082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pavel Raiskup <praiskup <at> redhat.com>
To: Peter Rosin <peda <at> lysator.liu.se>
Cc: 19967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>,
 20082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20082: new warning from ar on rawhide systems
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:50:31 +0200

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On Friday 17 of April 2015 18:07:57 Peter Rosin wrote:
> On 2015-04-17 17:54, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> > I tried to prepare the patch, but thats probably wrong.  It would be nice
> > if somebody could comment,
> 
> Microsofts archiver (lib.exe) uses a syntax like:
> 
>   lib -extract:file.o archive.lib
> 
> where -extract: was thought to be the content of $AR_FLAGS.
> 
> But since then, I added the ar-lib helper to Automake, which hides
> these brain-damaged flags that lib expects.

Thanks for the info, Peter.

Any objections against attached patches?

Pavel

[0001-libool.m4-incorporate-ARFLAGS-variable.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-ARFLAGS-use-cr-instead-of-cru-by-default.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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