From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 3964ebc6 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:50:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1D530AF370; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A243BAF36C; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2E6B9AF363; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:11 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 3152 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:10 AEST Received: from frenzy.freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F5FD94140 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:50:10 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by frenzy.freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id wBV6vQTn001886 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:57:27 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id wBV6vQuW001885; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:57:26 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201812310657.wBV6vQuW001885@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:57:26 -0700 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, norman@oclsc.org References: <1546196832.22954.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: <1546196832.22954.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Deleted lib1 and lib2 in v6, recoverable? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Norman Wilson wrote: > Nowadays ranlib is no longer a separate program: ar > recognizes object files and maintains an index if any are > present. I never especially liked that; ar is in > principle a general tool so why should it have a special > case for one type of file? I'll agree with that. My first exposure to ar was from the version in Software Tools. I was suprised to learn at some point that it understood object file formats. > But in practice I don't know > anyone who uses ar for anything except libraries any more I know one person. Brian Kernighan maintains an archive of his awk test suite using ar. Or rather, he did until recently, when I got him to move to using tar a few months ago. :-) Arnold