[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Pinski) wrote on 31.08.05 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Aug 31, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > > Gerald Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Does anyone disagree (and if not, have suggestions how to address this > >> in GCC)? > > > > ranlib is basically never required on a modern system. It is really > > only needed if the archive is built with the S option to ar. > > > > So I think the best way to address this is to not run ranlib. > > If you consider Darwin "modern", then that statement is not correct > as moving/copying an archive on darwin, requires ranlib to be run. Is there a point to this behaviour? It sounds as if someone confused an archive with a nethack scorefile ... MfG Kai
