Hi David, On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 02:35:01AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > Can your 'ar' handle multiple targets? "BSD ar" only support ELF binaries. > amd64$ ar --help > ..snip.. > ar: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386-freebsd srec symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex In this specific case, BSD ar can not handle S-Record, tekhex, iHex, etc. > If not, I don't think its ready to be a Bintuils 'ar' replacement. "BSD ar" never intends to completely replace Binutils 'ar'. We only want to give people an alternative. (which is self-sufficient, suitable for use for FreeBSD to build itself, can build almost all the ports, for example.) BTW, It does have advantage in "multiple elf targets" though: In the case above, this binutils 'ar' (build for amd64) can not handle elf64-sparc64 or elf32-powerpc object files, while "BSD ar" can. (arch independent) -- KaiReceived on Sun Jan 13 2008 - 16:15:27 UTC
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