ar not compatible between 2.11 and 2.13 ?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Nitin,

> I noticed that if I create an archive on machine using ar version
> 2.13 (2.13.90.0.2 to be precise) say libXYZ.a, if I do a "ar t" on
> machine using 2.11 (2.11.90.0.8), I see
>
> ar t libXYZ.a
> X.
> Y.o
> Z.o
>
> It is just an example.  The problem, is that the object names are
> missing ".o" when I do an "ar t" on a archive created using 2.13
> version. BTW, it shows it correct if I use same version of archive
> to see the contents.
> 
> Please let me know, if that is never suppose to work, or if there is
> a patch for it.

There are no more patches available or planned to be produced for
version 2.11 of binutils.  Since the 2.13 version is working correctly
I recommend sticking with that version.

Cheers
        Nick