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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 10:36:39 -0400
From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: bin/721: ar(8) doesn't like its own output
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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