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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.ans.net!news.nynexst.com!nynexst.com!hjl From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-1.0.2] : Problem of long .o filenames in library (.a file) Date: 8 Feb 1994 18:17:51 GMT Organization: Nynex Science & Technology, Inc. Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2j8l0f$5it@news.nynexst.com> References: <CKr9zw.G92@latcs1.lat.oz.au> <1994Feb8.050250.29422@emba.uvm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: jalod.nynexst.com In article <1994Feb8.050250.29422@emba.uvm.edu>, wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes: |> 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... |> I have fixed a few nasty bugs in ar from binutils 1.9. I think those bugs are still in binutils 2.x. binutils 1.9l.3 is under pub/linux/packages/GCC/src on tsx-11.mit.edu. H.J. ----- |> -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