davea@quasar.SGI.COM (David B. Anderson) (03/16/89)
In article <20:doelz@urz.unibas.ch> doelz@urz.unibas.ch (Reinhard Doelz) writes: [lines relating to the real issue deleted] >specific stuff (There are some crazy IRIX problems - e.g., no ranlib - but I System V ar has ranlib built in - selected with option s. There is no separate ranlib program. In our version of ar options d, m, r, and u imply option s. Having options dmru imply option s means that doing ar cr x.a x.o ar cr x.a y.o ... is *very slow*, since the symbol table gets rebuilt again and again. ar crs x.a x.o y.o ... is much faster. Explicitly showing option s makes the above line compatible with standard System V. Regards, [ David B. Anderson Silicon Graphics (415) 964-1459 x3060 ] [ USENET: {decwrl!,hplabs!sun!}sgi!davea Internet: davea@sgi.com ] ``I ca'n't believe *that*!'' said Alice. ``Ca'n't you?'' the Queen said in a pitying tone. ``Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.'' Through the Looking-Glass