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Date:      Sat, 7 May 2011 10:33:59 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r221591 - stable/8/usr.bin/ar
Message-ID:  <201105071033.p47AXxQh092896@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: kaiw
Date: Sat May  7 10:33:59 2011
New Revision: 221591
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/221591

Log:
  MFC r216717:
  
  Improve the description of the `-q` option.

Modified:
  stable/8/usr.bin/ar/ar.1
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/usr.bin/ar/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/usr.bin/ar/ar.1
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/usr.bin/ar/ar.1	Sat May  7 10:32:52 2011	(r221590)
+++ stable/8/usr.bin/ar/ar.1	Sat May  7 10:33:59 2011	(r221591)
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ utility can create and manage an archive
 .Xr ar 5 )
 used to speed up link editing operations.
 If a symbol table is present in an archive, it will be
-kept up-to-date by subsequent operations on the archive (excepting
-the quick update specified by the
-.Fl q
-option).
+kept up-to-date by subsequent operations on the archive.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm ranlib
@@ -254,16 +251,11 @@ Append the files specified by arguments
 .Ar
 to the archive specified by argument
 .Ar archive
-without checking if the files already exist in the archive and
-without updating the archive's symbol table.
-If the archive file
+without checking if the files already exist in the archive.
+The archive symbol table will be updated as needed.
+If the file specified by the argument
 .Ar archive
-does not already exist, a new archive is created.
-However, to be compatible with GNU
-.Nm ,
-option
-.Fl q
-will update the archive's symbol table.
+does not already exist, a new archive will be created.
 .It Fl r
 Replace (add) the files specified by arguments
 .Ar



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