Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:15:14 +0100 From: Kai Wang <kaiwang27@gmail.com> To: David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Call for testers] "BSD ar" Message-ID: <20080113171514.GA1210@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> In-Reply-To: <20080113103501.GB46123@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20080111142336.GA1379@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080113103501.GB46123@dragon.NUXI.org>
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Hi David, On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 02:35:01AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > Can your 'ar' handle multiple targets? "BSD ar" only support ELF binaries. > amd64$ ar --help > ..snip.. > ar: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386-freebsd srec symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex In this specific case, BSD ar can not handle S-Record, tekhex, iHex, etc. > If not, I don't think its ready to be a Bintuils 'ar' replacement. "BSD ar" never intends to completely replace Binutils 'ar'. We only want to give people an alternative. (which is self-sufficient, suitable for use for FreeBSD to build itself, can build almost all the ports, for example.) BTW, It does have advantage in "multiple elf targets" though: In the case above, this binutils 'ar' (build for amd64) can not handle elf64-sparc64 or elf32-powerpc object files, while "BSD ar" can. (arch independent) -- Kai
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