GNU bug report logs - #20082
default ARFLAGS=cru causes warnings when binutils is configured with --enable-deterministic-archives

Previous Next

Full log

Message #29 received at 20082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pavel Raiskup <praiskup <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Cc: Peter Rosin <peda <at> lysator.liu.se>, 20082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, Automake Patches <automake-patches <at> gnu.org>,
 19967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20082: new warning from ar on rawhide systems
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:22:50 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

On Saturday 18 of April 2015 11:50:31 Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> 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.

And the patch against Automake attached now, sorry for the delay.

Pavel

[0001-ARFLAGS-use-cr-instead-of-cru-by-default.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.