script mode like the MRI(Microtec Research Inc.) "librarian" program.
Originally this option is provided by Binutils ar(1) to ease the
transition for developers who are used to writing "librarian" scripts.
We added this option to BSD ar(1) because:
1. Further improve the compatibility with Binutils ar(1).
2. There are still a few software using this -M option. (at least one
in our ports collection)
Suggested by: rink & erwin
page stated, thus BSD ar(1) option -q, which was implemented based on
the GNU ar manual page, turns out to be incompatible with GNU ar -q.
This change will make BSD ar(1) -q a *REAL* GNU ar -q:
1. It will update symbol table. (same as unfixed version)
2. It will NOT compare new members spcified in the command line args
with existing members, instead, append them directly.
Reported by: Johannes 5 Joemann <joemann@beefree.free.de>
Reported by: Timothy Bourke <timbob@bigpond.com>
Tested by: Johannes 5 Joemann <joemann@beefree.free.de>
Reviewed by: jkoshy
Approved by: jkoshy (mentor)
Reviewed by: jkoshy
Approved by: jkoshy (mentor)
Tested by: erwin (ports build test on pointyhat)
Sponsored by: Google Summer of Code 2007
Reviewed by (earlier version): Jaakko Heinonen <jh[AT]saunalahti.fi>
Tested by (earlier version): Steve Kargl <sgk[AT]troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Tested by (earlier version): Martin Voros <martin_voros[AT]yahoo.com>
Tested by (earlier version): swell.k[AT]gmail.com
Tested by (earlier version): joel
Tested by (earlier version): Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev[AT]physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Tested by (earlier version): Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen[AT]gmail.com>
Thanks to gabor@ for building ports for it.
Thanks to erwin@ and kris@ for scheduling the ports build test on pointyhat.
And thanks to many others for their feedback.
