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From: Steve Higgins <steve AT psp-digital DOT co DOT uk>
To: "'DJGPP Mail List'" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Problem getting ar.exe to work.
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 11:15:22 +0100
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Hi guys,

I've been using DJGPP successfully now for months creating different applications, but I
am having real problems getting ar.exe to behave properly. I discovered it when trying to
get the python source code djgpp distribution to compile. I then started to play with it and
here is what I've found so far.

(I'm running in a windows 95 DOS Shell).

If I create a file frozen.o using the command.

gcc -O2 -I../include    -c frozen.c -o frozen.o

Then try to create the lib with,

ar cr libtmp.a frozen.o

I get the following error message.

D:/djgpp/bin/ar.exe libtmp.a: Invalid operation

and a temporary file named STAAAAAA is left in my current directory. This happens 
irrespective of whether is set LFN or not.

If I go into interactive mode.

ar -M
AR >CREATE libtmp.a
AR >REPLACE frozen.o
d:/djgpp/bin/ar.exe: can't find module file frozen.o
AR >SAVE
AR >^Z

I get a file called libtmp.a-tmp slightly larger than frozen.o created.

If I copy this file to libtmp.a then inspect it with ar again.
ar -M
AR >OPEN libtmp.a
AR >LIST
Current open archive is libtmp.a-tmp
rw-r-r-42/42      645 May  7 10:05 1997  frozen.o
AR >^Z

When I use the library created in this way the code links and the final executable works
fine.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

Thanks

Steve.