Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 13:11:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: nate@sneezy.sri.com Cc: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de, FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.0R: ar/ranlib problems with certain object files Message-ID: <199504041711.NAA00324@hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199504041449.IAA05889@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 4, 95 08:49:30 am
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Nate Williams writes: > > > For some object file in archives created with `ar rv`, the string > > structure in ar_hdr seems to be destroyed. It seems that the first > > char in the structure is left out and the rest is misplaced (1 char > > forward). > > Can you send or make a simple example of this available via ftp? A > makefile with some sources so we can see the corruption would be best. > > > The sources in question are Mach4-sources, but I've seen the same > > problem before (building gcc and ObjC-Tools). > > Most of the core members don't have access to the Mach sources, and > trying to find out which source triggers the bugs is difficult. The mach code has lots of places where the long names kick in. I was bringing up rt-mach when I first put in long name support. -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267
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