Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 14:34:28 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, rmallory@wiley.csusb.edu Subject: Re: install/ranlib of libraries Message-ID: <199509090434.OAA12459@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>...anyways, I noticed that the install directive in the makefile >in the library section first install(1)'s the library, then ranlib's >it. SunOS likes to ranlib it in the working directory, then install >it, then ranlib it again. This makes good sense, since I got a >"ranlib --missing symbol table" on my libc.a when it installed it. Libraries are ranlib'ed when they are built. Ranlib'ing them before installing them would gratuitously clobber the internal and external library timestamps and make all binaries out of date. Ranlib'ing them after installing them has the same bug. Ranlib'ing them after installing them is currently necessary because install clobbers the external timestamp and ranlib must be run to fix the internal timestamp. Perhaps other versions of ranlib are smarter about the timestamps. E.g., it would be useful to have an option to set the external timestamp to the internal one. Our `install' will soon be smarter about timestamps. Bruce
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