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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2013-08-23 13:37:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2013-08-23 13:37:06 +0000 |
| commit | ce0570c764fd51d695d2c7601edd3b5fa40678c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 34e6b5ca569e7504eb92e0013a2aff2c56b07cf3 /binutils | |
| parent | 00d8452480aad3dbab5d660b242cffb27d45ce8f (diff) | |
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PR binutils/15798
* doc/binutils.texi (ar cmdline): Update description of 'q'
command.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 15 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index 6d425f2..af26997 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2013-08-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> + + PR binutils/15798 + * doc/binutils.texi (ar cmdline): Update description of 'q' + command. + 2013-08-23 Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor@ukr.net> PR binutils/15834 diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 4913adc..0c4bd5c 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -325,12 +325,15 @@ operation; new members are always placed at the end of the archive. The modifier @samp{v} makes @command{ar} list each file as it is appended. -Since the point of this operation is speed, the archive's symbol table -index is not updated, even if it already existed; you can use @samp{ar s} or -@command{ranlib} explicitly to update the symbol table index. - -However, too many different systems assume quick append rebuilds the -index, so @sc{gnu} @command{ar} implements @samp{q} as a synonym for @samp{r}. +Since the point of this operation is speed, implementations of +@command{ar} have the option of not updating the archive's symbol +table if one exists. Too many different systems however assume that +symbol tables are always up-to-date, so @sc{gnu} @command{ar} will +rebuild the table even with a quick append. + +Note - @sc{gnu} @command{ar} treats the command @samp {qs} as a +synonym for @samp{r} - replacing already existing files in the +archive and appending new ones at the end. @item r @cindex replacement in archive |