From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5858 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2023 13:14:00 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Feb 2023 13:14:00 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F36DB431B0; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:55 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1677244436; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-owner:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post; bh=puurUg/JZubBp0Zc/0jGHTmmMMGziLKN2HmIF6Hl4vQ=; b=jqn945GkrngJ0YFW3lb0In+rTjm8PPCI2so2qD/sc4Bvg2lUJjGtelWYwoqhm2vCQqhlOv cNlH89SMDAo2k8B1AN0a1fObjL4ozxjYW48O75nJhnhHKiioXlPR3JdHkf1qt+J2SGCNh/ 198P8mwsIMygn7v2Zfhbqv25tE1kAuM= Received: from mail-ed1-x529.google.com (mail-ed1-x529.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::529]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA211431AE for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-x529.google.com with SMTP id d30so13400611eda.4 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:13:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ieee.org; s=google; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=puurUg/JZubBp0Zc/0jGHTmmMMGziLKN2HmIF6Hl4vQ=; b=BmC23w1O2Hn2/5fBbs81Czd2e9sb/jFIFuh1COPL1+SxkYQHE/wOfYLk2/XM0HRDpJ D/No82t/6ef3pIGdwRRU+n5gRi0zqDusjBz9Yyzf1EDO0w7yh5T+Yisf4h4nJCIkWIUZ CSu7C/bmGzpECDYNu/jTK4wrHgY/i3Ym4OpKM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=puurUg/JZubBp0Zc/0jGHTmmMMGziLKN2HmIF6Hl4vQ=; b=4LTQM+1GIsaLJU/xPGh+/WsSrEoLEP7/770LsZ/jvlpn0VmSag8N5ViWOwcf9apj2J 4hZtXr1QT8HVzo2d3h+RHDn8IMvOc8ik1EX6DUOTo2Gjpa7+C77oYgoeScR58wT0hZ+V Fqkucu67ElFuq54hD+JMrO5FeZzyRp2Jz5VH1EreXEE1t0WG8Gg7b9ztvUxW6sIQSU4O skDm2A8qy7jfFU2JtL0GWhh9hnfdxRAQBpYM7zNORoTsqU8hmVJiLlZtRv2DpuHooy0A SzT859JEflgQbPJbe49K/wHaeo6q1wtC/9iEc3kHy4CdzKxruYOLTSHWCZXqzXr8OPIO 2V8A== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVmp/w3d83UilPuXKKabxpyuNLLQ98WeYfJk1PjpOFPfYvjVVZW KnAnkglG+8ghuekz1xU2DGYY+K/6+Lkn178Imux0tluF4L6YEHXjlqoEGecMKIsGFlWZpuQy6U0 rCcpfHLjo9re6otnmDxSg6f+eQrugVbFKwvqUL8wWG/fGXBaQUIqdH8SBmYQjQZbD X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set9mCC35Pk8VNKwVMNfdIpB4MWdyuM6mD0OqRZiSCnnfW2DYab4+VCZB4DrYxRTat2h6BW9F1Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:d13:b0:8de:baf0:338c with SMTP id gn19-20020a1709070d1300b008debaf0338cmr16476848ejc.14.1677244426179; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:13:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.ancienthardware.org (2a02-a464-36da-fc--7f.fixed6.kpn.net. [2a02:a464:36da:fc::7f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q6-20020a170906144600b008de10925a45sm4698849ejc.159.2023.02.24.05.13.45 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:13:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from arno by mail.ancienthardware.org with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1pVXtR-003E64-0m for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:13:45 +0100 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:13:45 +0100 To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: References: <202302241245.31OCjGrb015310@freefriends.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202302241245.31OCjGrb015310@freefriends.org> Message-ID-Hash: 2DLQAWTBKDT3ZHMW74PR4RDNW7EODCFY X-Message-ID-Hash: 2DLQAWTBKDT3ZHMW74PR4RDNW7EODCFY X-MailFrom: arno.griffioen@ieee.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the SGS (System Generation Software) and COFF (Common Object File Format) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: Arno Griffioen via TUHS Reply-To: Arno Griffioen On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 05:45:16AM -0700, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > With tar and cpio, ar apparently fell out of use as a general > archiver, and today it's only used for libraries of relocatable > object files. 'ar' is alive and well as the archive format for .deb files though, so it could be argued that it's actually hugely in use as an archiver all across the world :) Bye, Arno.