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authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2019-10-21 12:54:06 +1030
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2019-10-21 16:13:39 +1030
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ar P support
This patch extends "ar P" to allow creation of normal (as distinct from thin) archives with full path names. PR 452 PR 25104 bfd/ * archive.c (normalize): Return file unchanged when BFD_ARCHIVE_FULL_PATH. (_bfd_construct_extended_name_table): Pass abfd, the output bfd, to normalize. (_bfd_archive_bsd44_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. * bfd.c (struct bfd): Make flags a full flagword. (BFD_ARCHIVE_FULL_PATH): Define. * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate. binutils/ * ar.c (write_archive): Set BFD_ARCHIVE_FULL_PATH. * doc/binutils.texi (extract from archive): Mention restrictions when extracting from archives with full paths. (ar P): Update to current P support. (ar -X32_64): Fix spelling.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog10
-rw-r--r--binutils/ar.c3
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi27
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index e47c145..74a223b 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2019-10-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 452
+ PR 25104
+ * ar.c (write_archive): Set BFD_ARCHIVE_FULL_PATH.
+ * doc/binutils.texi (extract from archive): Mention
+ restrictions when extracting from archives with full paths.
+ (ar P): Update to current P support.
+ (ar -X32_64): Fix spelling.
+
2019-10-14 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
* objcopy.c (compare_section_lma): Correct comment. Dereference
diff --git a/binutils/ar.c b/binutils/ar.c
index b99afff..38c54c9 100644
--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -1200,6 +1200,9 @@ write_archive (bfd *iarch)
if (deterministic)
obfd->flags |= BFD_DETERMINISTIC_OUTPUT;
+ if (full_pathname)
+ obfd->flags |= BFD_ARCHIVE_FULL_PATH;
+
if (make_thin_archive || bfd_is_thin_archive (iarch))
bfd_set_thin_archive (obfd, TRUE);
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 4e10cdc..2edd7e1 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -387,7 +387,10 @@ use the @samp{v} modifier with this operation, to request that
If you do not specify a @var{member}, all files in the archive
are extracted.
-Files cannot be extracted from a thin archive.
+Files cannot be extracted from a thin archive, and there are
+restrictions on extracting from archives created with @option{P}: The
+paths must not be absolute, may not contain @code{..}, and any
+subdirectories in the paths must exist.
@end table
A number of modifiers (@var{mod}) may immediately follow the @var{p}
@@ -463,12 +466,20 @@ Display member offsets inside the archive. Use together with the @samp{t}
option.
@item P
-Use the full path name when matching names in the archive. @sc{gnu}
-@command{ar} can not create an archive with a full path name (such archives
-are not POSIX compliant), but other archive creators can. This option
-will cause @sc{gnu} @command{ar} to match file names using a complete path
-name, which can be convenient when extracting a single file from an
-archive created by another tool.
+Use the full path name when matching or storing names in the archive.
+Archives created with full path names are not POSIX compliant, and
+thus may not work with tools other than up to date @sc{gnu} tools.
+Modifying such archives with @sc{gnu} @command{ar} without using
+@option{P} will remove the full path names unless the archive is a
+thin archive. Note that @option{P} may be useful when adding files to
+a thin archive since @option{r} without @option{P} ignores the path
+when choosing which element to replace. Thus
+@smallexample
+ar rcST archive.a subdir/file1 subdir/file2 file1
+@end smallexample
+will result in the first @code{subdir/file1} being replaced with
+@code{file1} from the current directory. Adding @option{P} will
+prevent this replacement.
@item s
@cindex writing archive index
@@ -533,7 +544,7 @@ and then exits.
Displays the version information of @command{ar} and then exits.
@item -X32_64
-@command{ar} ignores an initial option spelt @samp{-X32_64}, for
+@command{ar} ignores an initial option spelled @samp{-X32_64}, for
compatibility with AIX. The behaviour produced by this option is the
default for @sc{gnu} @command{ar}. @command{ar} does not support any
of the other @samp{-X} options; in particular, it does not support