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| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/binutils.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi index 5f12b4c..4efadda 100644 --- a/binutils/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/binutils.texi @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ printed. @item q @cindex quick append to archive -@emph{Quick append}; add the files @var{member}@dots{} to the end of +@emph{Quick append}; Historically, add the files @var{member}@dots{} to the end of @var{archive}, without checking for replacement. The modifiers @samp{a}, @samp{b}, and @samp{i} do @emph{not} affect this @@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ 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 @code{ranlib} explicitly to update the symbol table index. +However, too many different system assume quick append rebuilds the +index, so GNU ar treats @code{q} to same way its treats @code{r}. + @item r @cindex replacement in archive Insert the files @var{member}@dots{} into @var{archive} (with |