Why my 'ar.exe' and 'ld.exe' does not work with the inline parameter '@objectslistfile'

[Zack Weinberg]

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

> Basically because it is not needed.  You can achieve the same thing
> using the tools that are already available.  For example:
>
>       ar.exe -r archive `cat objectfilelist`

On Windows (incl. Cygwin) this is liable to overflow the limit on the
length of the command line, which is some ridiculously small number
like 1kB.

zw