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Re: Is the GNU against link (ar/ranlib)?

   From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu)
   Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 9:00:42 EDT

   Why not link ranlib to ar and check arg [0]?

>From the GNU standards document (available from GNU archive sites
as standards.*):

   Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used
to invoke it.  It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with
a different name, and that should not change what it does.

   Instead, use a run time option or a compilation switch or both to
select among the alternate behaviors.

Ian