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Re: ar, libapt and hand rolling .debs
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at redhat dot com>
- To: Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker at bennee dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, deity at lists dot debian dot org
- Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:48:16 +0200
- Subject: Re: ar, libapt and hand rolling .debs
- References: <b2cdc9f30910020658h4543869fka1ed223d47c111d1@mail.gmail.com>
Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com> writes:
> 1. Is the terminating of filenames with "/" in ar archives a bug or a
> feature?
It's a SYSV feature. It allows embedded spaces.
> 2. Is there any way to control the termination character from the ar
> command line?
Chose a BFD target that has ar_pad_char == ' ' (ie. BSD format).
Andreas.
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