I've found a rather reproducible bug with the 'ar' command. Here's the output I get:
> ar ru tmp.a BCMip.o BFD: BFD 2.12.90 20020706 internal error, aborting at /netrel/src/binutils-20020 706-2/bfd/coffcode.h line 823 in handle_COMDAT BFD: Please report this bug. In this example, tmp.a is a dummy file that is empty. You can download the BCMip.o file I used from ftp://ftp.cs.sandia.gov/pub/papers/wehart/src/BCMip.o ftp://ftp.cs.sandia.gov/pub/papers/wehart/src/BCMip.cpp I welcome any ideas about a work-around for this problem. This file was generated by g++, and I've seen simliar behavior on files that contain very few items in the source file, though my header files in all cases include lots of stuff! --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hart Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Optimization & Uncertainty Est. Dept Phone: (505) 844-2217 P.O. Box 5800 Sandia National Labs FAX: (505) 845-7442 Albuquerque, NM 87185-1110 http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~wehart/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/