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Re: ar, libapt and hand rolling .debs
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
- To: Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker at bennee dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, deity at lists dot debian dot org
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:51:26 +0930
- Subject: Re: ar, libapt and hand rolling .debs
- References: <b2cdc9f30910020658h4543869fka1ed223d47c111d1@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:58:29PM +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> 1. Is the terminating of filenames with "/" in ar archives a bug or a
> feature?
A sysv feature (allows spaces in file names).
> 2. Is there any way to control the termination character from the ar
> command line?
I don't think so.
> 3. Or is it in-fact libapt's AR File implementation that needs
> tweaking?
Yes.
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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM