Re: [dev] Replace ranlib(1) calls?

2022-07-23 Thread Tom Schwindl
Hi, On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 05:26:52PM +0200, Roberto E. Vargas Caballero wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 12:23:01PM +, Tom Schwindl wrote: > > ranlib(1) is, in fact, legacy. It was used to create symbol tables for > > archives > > before ar(1) was able to do that by itself. > > POS

Re: [dev] Replace ranlib(1) calls?

2022-07-23 Thread Greg Minshall
Tom, > The main "problem" here is that ranlib(1) isn't a standardized tool, so there > is no guarantee on what its behaviour will be or whether it exists at all. > We assume it's there because it always has been or GNU and LLVM include it. an option might be to wait until the bug report comes in