Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 03:53:55 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svn commit: r208189 - head/usr.bin/ar Message-ID: <4BF12043.3010009@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <201005170937.o4H9bxMR082608@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201005170937.o4H9bxMR082608@svn.freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2010/05/17 02:37, Kai Wang wrote: > Author: kaiw > Date: Mon May 17 09:37:59 2010 > New Revision: 208189 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/208189 > > Log: > Removed ar(1)'s support for compressed archives. This change removes > ar(1)'s dependencies on compressor libraries -lz, -lbz2 and -llzma and > fixes building HEAD on some versions of FreeBSD[78]. Option -j and -z > is now accepted but ignored. > > Compressed ar(1) archives are not useful without a ld(1) that can read > them. Also, the current ar(1) compression scheme prevents random > access of archive members and needs to be redesigned anyway. > > Submitted by: kientzle (original patch) Thanks! Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJL8SBDAAoJEATO+BI/yjfB5L8H/1g1dYSRfWF46pTaRVmaXVFq SwehL5jGPtN9UxZzSeLD9XTqOCQc1VSl5yrkTp+FtHxwh8gG6H8J8rQeQlVvguzd Ns3HXTL3b64LOPvumYj22+kklbapvP7ZjZHCT4pixcGA8wyteM8Zi5hjN0bELINM 0eq62DJuaC59UzPksfWGO7pdlGmkWeAYzPWXsPpaCX65MAkHJpIwmTrrMiNELvvu bhmxw3Op2iVmiY4AJuQX/yjL9AHSpriHC/sb1n9iQMfcqJ0OQRKHR2DR04omWAbF RUF6p5N501yylLAEI3MOGZH/f47/GIr84eAheuNbC4WzI93StWllB7s6DHdlN1U= =/81y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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