[comp.windows.x] What is ranlib?

pansare@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Milind Pansare) (06/27/90)

> dastrout@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dave) /  2:39 pm  Jun 25, 1990 /
> I'm running XNeXT on the a NeXT computer, which is X11R3, I belive.  When
> ever I try to compile anything, I get an error message that says 
> "ld: warning: table of contents for archive /lib/libX11.a is out of date;
> rerun ranlib(1)"  What is ranlib?  Does this mean I need to be R4, or what?
> Any hint is appreciated.

> Dave Strout
> dastrout@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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ranlib is something you have to run after 'ar' on some flavors of Unix,
whenever you mess around with the lib. 
Just type ranlib /lib/libX11
and you should be OK.

Milind