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diff --git a/BeOS/ar-1.1/README.txt b/BeOS/ar-1.1/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f995789 --- /dev/null +++ b/BeOS/ar-1.1/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +ar - POSIX 1003.2 interface to library files + +Here's the source and PowerPC binary for a POSIX 1003.2 interface "ar" +command; this is extremely useful when you're porting complex UNIX/POSIX +software to BeOS for PowerPC (I originally wrote it to support my Python +port). + +To build/install ar, do this in a Terminal: + +make nodebug install + +This will create ar and ar-posix (a symlink to ar) in ~/config/bin. The +ar-posix symlink is to make things a little easier if you happen to +have GeekGadgets (see www.ninemoons.com) installed; it comes with an +ar that only works on objects/libraries produced by GNU C for BeOS. + +To use the POSIX ar with your port, do something like this: + +AR=ar-posix ./configure ... normal configure arguments ... + +and then: + +make AR=ar-posix + +You may need to check the Makefiles; people seem to be quite sloppy about +using just plain "ar cr libfoo.a ..." instead of "$(AR) cr libfoo.a ...". + +- Chris Herborth, April 18, 1998 + (chrish@kagi.com) |