Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> writes: > Libtool recently added a configure test for @file support in ar > (and other tools) in order to avoid the slower partial building > or static libraries on some systems (and have an escape route on > systems where the archiver doesn't allow adding to an archive). > > Now, to avoid issues when GCC uses newer Libtool: are there situations > where running $AR does not work? Cross compile? In-tree binutils?
When building a target library (libgcc, libstdc++, etc.) $AR should always work. Ian
