Use ar to merge libraries?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jun  6, 2001, "Andrew Begel" <abegel@eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Without using the MRI librarian compability commands, is there a way for
> ar to merge .a files when building a new library? 

> ar cru libbar.a bar1.o bar2.o
> ar cru libfoo.a libbar.a foo.o 

How about:

ar cru libbar.a bar1.o bar2.o
cp libbar.a libfoo.a
ar ru libfoo.a foo.o

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