Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 10:39:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Carsten Bak Larsen <cblarsen AT daimi DOT aau DOT dk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Q: 'ar' command for mainten. updates
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On 11 May 1996, Carsten Bak Larsen wrote:

> The maintenance update batch files contain command lines
> like e.g.
> 
> ar rs ../lib/libc.a access.o dosmem.o
> 
> I can't find 'ar' anywhere, except for a 'ar.h' in the includes.

`ar' is part of GNU Binutils.  You should install bnu252bn.zip before
applying the maintenance releases.  (You need Binutils anyway because the
assembler and linker are there, without which you won't be able to compile
and link DJGPP programs.)

Btw, the latest version of DJGPP is 2.0; I suggest you switch to it ASAP, 
because v1.12 is no longer actively supported.  That means that if you 
find a problem for which there is no known solution or work-around, you 
are on your own.