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)
- Fix a malloc buffer overrun: Use a while loop to check whether
the string buffer is big enough after resizing, since doubling
once might not be enough when a very long member name or symbol
name is provided.
- Fix typo.
Reported by: Michael Plass <mfp49_freebsd@plass-family.net>
Tested by: Michael Plass <mfp49_freebsd@plass-family.net>
Reviewed by: jkoshy
Approved by: jkoshy
Do not mmap 0-size objects and do not try to extract symbol from
0-size objects, but do treat 0-size objects as qualified objects and
accept them as an archive member. (A member with only the header part)
Note that GNU binutils ar on FreeBSD ignores 0-size objects, but on
Linux it accepts them. [1] But, since this is a rare usage, we can
safely ignore the compatibility issue.
Reported by: Michael Plass <mfp49_freebsd [AT] plass-family [DOT] net>
Pointed out by: Michael Plass <mfp49_freebsd [AT] plass-family [DOT] net> [1]
Reviewed by: Michael Plass <mfp49_freebsd [AT] plass-family [DOT] net>
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.
