Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 10:36:39 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/721: ar(8) doesn't like its own output Message-ID: <199509151436.KAA01521@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <199509151440.HAA07461@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 721 >Category: bin >Synopsis: ar(8) doesn't like its own output >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 15 07:40:01 PDT 1995 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Wollman >Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386 >Environment: I'm not sure how old my `ar' binary is, but I don't remember seeing any fixes to it lately. libc_pic.a is a month or two old. >Description: An `ar x' command on libc_pic.a fails. Strangely enough, `ar t' and `ar tv' succeed on the same file. >How-To-Repeat: Script started on Fri Sep 15 10:28:46 1995 bash$ mkdir tmp bash$ cd tmp bash$ ar x /usr/lib/libc_pic.a ar: /usr/lib/libc_pic.a: Inappropriate file type or format bash$ exit Script done on Fri Sep 15 10:29:16 1995 >Fix: Don't know. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: Garrett A. Wollman
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