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Subject: Re: libelf question
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Angus Barrow wrote:
>    I'm trying to develop a BSD licensed version of the ar utility using
> the new libelf library ...
> 
>    The time shown in arh->ar_date (this is the struct that the libelf
> library provides for each entry in the ar archive) seems to have a negative
> value (using the GNU ar the date is Jun  3 13:09 2007....

Kai Wang recently added 'ar' support to libarchive/bsdtar;
what does 'tar -tv' say?

Note: You'll need a recent 7-CURRENT system for this
or you can install libarchive/bsdtar from the
most recent development snapshot on
http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/

Tim Kientzle