------- Comment #9 from simon at pushface dot org 2010-02-02 13:10 ------- I've traced where the 'ranlib -c' switch was introduced: at http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-12/msg01183.html .
The original purpose of this patch was to fix g77 regressions, and we now pass check-fortran without it, so I think there's some evidence for removing it. Of course, other languages might rely on this switch ... -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42554
