Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 03:36:55 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bugs@freebsd.org, mikebo@tellabs.com Cc: mikebo@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.0.5R: Is there a BUG in "ar"? -RESENT- Message-ID: <199509201736.DAA06434@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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># cd /usr/lib ># mkdir tmp ># cd tmp ># ar x ../libc_pic.a >ar: ../libc_pic.a: Inappropriate file type or format >Although there are QUITE A FEW .so objects in /usr/lib/tmp, the RPC >objects (specifically, I'm trying to replace the hacked up clnt_udp.so >object) which should be in the libc.so appear not to be there! Looks like >the extract died before completing. Is this a bug in "ar", or am I doing >something wrong? Extraction of file names of odd length >= 17 is broken in ar in 2.0.5. This was fixed a couple of days ago in -current. ftp a current version of /usr/src/usr.bin/ar/archive.c to fix it. Bruce
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