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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.0R: ar/ranlib problems with certain object files
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Martin Cracauer writes:
> OK, stupid me, of course it is a length limitation, but not on the
> indentifiers, but on the name of the object file to archive.

Ahh, this bug has been fixed since 2.0R.  With 2.0R, you must use the
'truncate' option since ar/ranlib don't contain support for long
archive.  Be of good cheer, it works like you expect in -current and it
will work in 2.1.


Nate