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Date:      Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:10:37 +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:  <20080113191037.GA1899@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se>
In-Reply-To: <20080113183915.GA56979@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <20080111142336.GA1379@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080113103501.GB46123@dragon.NUXI.org> <20080113171514.GA1210@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080113183915.GA56979@dragon.NUXI.org>

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On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 10:39:15AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> Hi Kai,
> I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough - can your BSD 'ar', built on amd64
> handle both 32-bit (i.e., "i386") and 64-bit (i.e., "amd64) ELF archives?
> 
> >From the above it almost seems you're saying it can handle that plus more
> (other non-x86 arches).  Is that correct?

Yes. BSD 'ar' can handle all the ELF variants(64/32, LE/BE),
regardless of the arch it is built on . This is inherited from libelf.

--
Kai





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