[comp.sys.atari.st] outdated ranlib from Mark Willia

at@exunido.UUCP (12/09/86)

Subject: re: outdated ranlib from Mark Williams compiler

  >You're getting the message because you copied the lib*.a files, so their
  >creation dates are later than the date hidden in the library.  The
  >simple solution (according to a friend, I haven't tried this yet) is
  >as follows:
  >
  >1. use ar to dump the ranlib to find its idea of its date.
  >	ar t libc.a
  >  or	ar tv libc.a
  >   should work.
  >
  >2. set your system date to one minute earlier than that date/time.
  >
  >3. "touch" the file.

I suggest a better solution....

Set the system date to some year far in the future and rebuild the archive
with the -s option. This will change the creation date of the symbol table
in the archive !

Btw. has anyone experience with signals on MWC ? I tried to catch SIGHUP
and got a nice crash .

	Andreas Toenne
	University of Dortmund
	W-Germany

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