Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:43:32 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@theravensnest.org> To: pete <petechou@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD archive file formats Message-ID: <C65466F5-5D93-4EDF-92B8-A1207FC34B72@theravensnest.org> In-Reply-To: <CANWS6nfWO8WvVXeRVB=YrFhhc-GT1Yo%2Bxx38OcitpN-Puhuw=A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANWS6nfWO8WvVXeRVB=YrFhhc-GT1Yo%2Bxx38OcitpN-Puhuw=A@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Pete. =20 The end of the man page says: > This manual page documents the ar(1) archive formats used by the = 4.4BSD > and UNIX SVR4 operating system releases. I think it's probably safe to assume that the 4.4BSD format was dropped = at some indeterminate point in the past, probably when we moved from = a.out to ELF format binaries. If the tools currently shipped in the = base system are not producing them, then support is probably not = important - people can always install GNU binutils from ports if it is = for some legacy software. David On 3 Aug 2012, at 12:36, pete wrote: > Hi folks, >=20 > I'm working on archive file format support in MCLinker project. >=20 > GNU variant archive format is supported in MCLinker now. And from = FreeBSD > man pages, I can find there are some differences between BSD and GNU > variants. However, when I try to check BSD variant on freebsd9 (i386), = I > can only find GNU variant archive files. And if using "ar" to make an > archive file on freebsd9, I still get a GNU variant one. >=20 > So, I would like to ask if BSD variant supported/existing in BSD = system. Or > I missed something in configuring or others? >=20 > I'm new to BSD. Any information will be helpful! >=20 > Thanks, > Pete > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-toolchain > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-toolchain-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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