Re: What is 'ar' in 'MAKE INSTALL'

2002-10-18 Thread Chris Parker
At 11:31 AM 10/18/2002 -0500, Tim D. McCracken wrote: When running 'make install', it appears that right after the 'libtool mode=link' command runs, it tries to run something called 'ar' with arguments of 'cru' and a bunch of the object modules - except that libtool thinks it is an argument to li

RE: What is 'ar' in 'MAKE INSTALL'

2002-10-18 Thread Mieczyslaw Maciejewski (EPO)
hen: PATH=$PATH:/ar_directory export PATH MM -Original Message- From: Artur Hecker [mailto:hecker@;enst.fr] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 6:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What is 'ar' in 'MAKE INSTALL' hi ar produces an archive file out of some other files. it is usall

Re: What is 'ar' in 'MAKE INSTALL'

2002-10-18 Thread Artur Hecker
hi ar produces an archive file out of some other files. it is usally used today to make static libraries, so a usual libsomething.a is nothing but a collection of object files, something1.o, something2.o in an ar-archive. cru: c - create, r - insert with replacement, u - only newer. "man ar" w

What is 'ar' in 'MAKE INSTALL'

2002-10-18 Thread Tim D. McCracken
When running 'make install', it appears that right after the 'libtool mode=link' command runs, it tries to run something called 'ar' with arguments of 'cru' and a bunch of the object modules - except that libtool thinks it is an argument to libtool. I am sure that this is just ignorance on my par