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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2015-09-09 14:33:31 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2015-09-09 14:33:31 +0100
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Remove sentance in binutils documentation saying that thin archives cannot contain absolute paths or paths outside of the current directory - they can.
* doc/binutils.texi (ar): Remove bogus sentance concerning thin archives and invalid paths.
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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
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@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ a normal archive. Instead the elements of the first archive are added
individually to the second archive.
The paths to the elements of the archive are stored relative to the
-archive itself. For security reasons absolute paths and paths with a
-@code{/../} component are not allowed.
+archive itself.
@cindex compatibility, @command{ar}
@cindex @command{ar} compatibility