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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!basser.cs.su.oz.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!seagoon.newcastle.edu.au!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!dmsperth.per.dms.CSIRO.AU!uniwa!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!sadye.emba.uvm.edu!wollman From: wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-1.0.2] : Problem of long .o filenames in library (.a file) Message-ID: <1994Feb8.050250.29422@emba.uvm.edu> Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility References: <CKr9zw.G92@latcs1.lat.oz.au> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 05:02:50 GMT Lines: 21 In article <CKr9zw.G92@latcs1.lat.oz.au>, M.C. Wong <wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au> wrote: > > I wonder is someone know of the way of getting around this problem WITHOUT >using -T switch in ar to truncate the *.o filenames ? No, that's what you're supposed to use. (UNIX `ar' programs generally silently truncate the name.) The `ar' file format only allows for 15 characters, unless extended; our `ar' program has extended the format, but most other programs don't know about it. You're welcome to send us patches which will update all the programs to understand the new format... -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@emba.uvm.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. NB: Address soon to | It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people be changed. | who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant