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Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/ar.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/ar.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ar.1 b/binutils/ar.1 index a138e4a..e4e8cff 100644 --- a/binutils/ar.1 +++ b/binutils/ar.1 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ar \- create, modify, and extract from archives. .hy 0 .na .BR ar " [\|" "-" "\|]"\c -.I {dmpqrtx}[abcilosuvV] \c +.I {dmpqrtx}[abcilosSuvV] \c [\|\c .I membername\c \&\|] \c @@ -215,6 +215,15 @@ index is not updated, even if it already existed; you can use `\|\c .B ranlib\c \& explicitly to update the symbol table index. +However, too many different systems assume quick append rebuilds the +index, so GNU +.B ar +implements `\|\c +.B q\c +\|' as a synonym for `\|\c +.B r\c +\|'. + .TP .B r Insert \c @@ -416,6 +425,19 @@ archive is equivalent to running `\|\c \|' on it. .TP +.B S +Do not generate an archive symbol table. This can speed up building a +large library in several steps. The resulting archive can not be used +with the linker. In order to build a symbol table, you must omit the +`\|\c +.B S\c +\|' modifier on the last execution of `\|\c +.B ar\c +\|', or you must run `\|\c +.B ranlib\c +\|' on the archive. + +.TP .B u Normally, \c .B ar r\c |