whew :) On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Nick Bowler <nbow...@draconx.ca> wrote:
> On 11/3/15, Michael Felt <aixto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I suppose in a GNU only world, this would be okay. However, my man page > for > > ar still says: > > > > -u > > Copies only files that have been changed since they were last > > copied (see the -r flag discussed previously). > > > > while the option -D is not found. > [...] > > so, I think adding -D as a default will break "all" for me. > > The patch actually just removes 'u' from the default; it does not add > any nonstandard options. The issue is that some GNU systems are > shipping versions of 'ar' which enable the (GNU-specific) 'D' option > by default, which causes the 'u' option to print a warning and have no > other effect. >
