* Add mention of the -f, -q, -S, and -V options in the synopsis

section.
* Document the `-l`, `-M` and `-S` options.
* Improve the text describing the behavior of the `-r` option.
* Start a section on standard compliance.
* Indicate in the synopsis that the `-S` and `-s` options are mutually
  exclusive.

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@ -34,28 +34,42 @@
.Nm
.Fl d
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl j
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl z
.Ar archive
.Ar files ...
.Ar
.Nm
.Fl m
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl a Ar position-after
.Op Fl b Ar position-before
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl i Ar position-before
.Op Fl j
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl s | Fl S
.Op Fl z
.Ar archive
.Ar files ...
.Ar
.Nm
.Fl p
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl v
.Ar archive
.Op Ar files ...
.Op Ar
.Nm
.Fl q
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl c
.Op Fl D
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl s | Fl S
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl z
.Ar archive
.Ar
.Nm
.Fl r
.Op Fl T
@ -63,14 +77,15 @@
.Op Fl b Ar position-before
.Op Fl c
.Op Fl D
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl i Ar position-before
.Op Fl j
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl s | Fl S
.Op Fl u
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl z
.Ar archive
.Ar files ...
.Ar
.Nm
.Fl s
.Op Fl j
@ -78,19 +93,23 @@
.Ar archive
.Nm
.Fl t
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl v
.Ar archive
.Op Ar files ...
.Op Ar
.Nm
.Fl x
.Op Fl C
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl o
.Op Fl u
.Op Fl v
.Ar archive
.Op Ar files ...
.Op Ar
.Nm
.Fl M
.Nm ranlib
.Op Fl D
.Ar archive ...
@ -141,13 +160,13 @@ When used with option
.Fl m
this option specifies that the archive members specified by
arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
are moved to after the archive member named by argument
.Ar member-after .
When used with option
.Fl r
this option specifies that the files specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
are added after the archive member named by argument
.Ar member-after .
.It Fl b Ar member-before
@ -155,13 +174,13 @@ When used with option
.Fl m
this option specifies that the archive members specified by
arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
are moved to before the archive member named by argument
.Ar member-before .
When used with option
.Fl r
this option specifies that the files specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
are added before the archive member named by argument
.Ar member-before .
.It Fl c
@ -176,7 +195,7 @@ Prevent extracted files from replacing like-named files
in the file system.
.It Fl d
Delete the members named by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
from the archive specified by argument
.Ar archive .
The archive's symbol table, if present, is updated to reflect
@ -188,7 +207,7 @@ or
.Fl q
option, insert 0's instead of the real mtime, uid and gid values
and 0644 instead of file mode from the members named by arguments
.Ar files ... .
.Ar .
This ensures that checksums on the resulting archives are reproducible
when member contents are identical.
.It Fl f
@ -199,9 +218,13 @@ Synonymous with option
.Fl b .
.It Fl j
This option is accepted but ignored.
.It Fl l
This option is accepted for compatibility with GNU
.Xr ar 1 ,
but is ignored.
.It Fl m
Move archive members specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
within the archive.
If a position has been specified by one of the
.Fl a ,
@ -214,19 +237,21 @@ If no position has been specified, the specified members are moved
to the end of the archive.
If the archive has a symbol table, it is updated to reflect the
new contents of the archive.
.It Fl M
Read and execute MRI librarian commands from standard input.
.It Fl o
Preserve the original modification times of members when extracting
them.
.It Fl p
Write the contents of the specified archive members named by
arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
to standard output.
If no members were specified, the contents of all the files in the
archive are written in the order they appear in the archive.
.It Fl q
Append the files specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
to the archive specified by argument
.Ar archive
without checking if the files already exist in the archive and
@ -241,14 +266,14 @@ option
will update the archive's symbol table.
.It Fl r
Replace (add) the files specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
in the archive specified by argument
.Ar archive ,
creating the archive if necessary.
Files that replace existing files do not change the order of files
within the archive.
Replacing existing members will not change the order of members within
the archive.
If a file named in arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
does not exist, existing members in the archive that match that
name are not changed.
New files are added to the end of the archive unless one of the
@ -271,9 +296,11 @@ with the
.Fl s
option alone is equivalent to invoking
.Nm ranlib .
.It Fl S
Do not generate an archive symbol table.
.It Fl t
List the files specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
in the order in which they appear in the archive, one per line.
If no files are specified, all files in the archive are listed.
.It Fl T
@ -284,13 +311,13 @@ Conditionally update the archive or extract members.
When used with the
.Fl r
option, files named by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
will be replaced in the archive if they are newer than their
archived versions.
When used with the
.Fl x
option, the members specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
will be extracted only if they are newer than the corresponding
files in the file system.
.It Fl v
@ -340,9 +367,11 @@ the file size in bytes, the file modification time in
format
.Dq "%b %e %H:%M %Y" ,
and the name of the file.
.It Fl V
Print a version string and exit.
.It Fl x
Extract archive members specified by arguments
.Ar files ...
.Ar
into the current directory.
If no members have been specified, extract all members of the archive.
If the file corresponding to an extracted member does not exist it
@ -393,12 +422,27 @@ use:
.Xr strftime 3 ,
.Xr strmode 3 ,
.Xr ar 5
.\" .Sh COMPATIBILITY
.\" .Nm
.\" is expected to be compatible with GNU and SVR4
.\" .Nm .
.\" .Sh STANDARDS
.\" Do the POSIX/SuSv3 standards have anything to say about AR(1)?
.Sh STANDARDS COMPLIANCE
The
.Nm
utility's support for the
.Fl a ,
.Fl b ,
.Fl c ,
.Fl i ,
.Fl m ,
.Fl p ,
.Fl q ,
.Fl r ,
.Fl s ,
.Fl t ,
.Fl u ,
.Fl v ,
.Fl C
and
.Fl T
options is believed to be compliant with
.St -p1003.2 .
.Sh HISTORY
An
.Nm