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| author | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1997-09-24 19:54:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1997-09-24 19:54:57 +0000 |
| commit | 7a2db4e54cc165c231d2ec3f2676c2fd955288f2 (patch) | |
| tree | fd4fde367ba90bea92efdc38dd68aea222c44960 /binutils | |
| parent | f2843a175e9502fcffd7b6f931db345ad5518868 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-7a2db4e54cc165c231d2ec3f2676c2fd955288f2.tar.gz | |
* binutils.texi (ar cmdline): Document that q now works like r.
From Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/binutils.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi index 5f12b4c22d2..4efadda0cd7 100644 --- a/binutils/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/binutils.texi @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ printed. @item q @cindex quick append to archive -@emph{Quick append}; add the files @var{member}@dots{} to the end of +@emph{Quick append}; Historically, add the files @var{member}@dots{} to the end of @var{archive}, without checking for replacement. The modifiers @samp{a}, @samp{b}, and @samp{i} do @emph{not} affect this @@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ Since the point of this operation is speed, the archive's symbol table index is not updated, even if it already existed; you can use @samp{ar s} or @code{ranlib} explicitly to update the symbol table index. +However, too many different system assume quick append rebuilds the +index, so GNU ar treats @code{q} to same way its treats @code{r}. + @item r @cindex replacement in archive Insert the files @var{member}@dots{} into @var{archive} (with |