RE: libtool 2-0-lib-as-archiver.patch

[Peter Ekberg]

[Changing thread]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> I'm still very unsure about the "lib as archiver" patch, esp as to the
> naming of the new variables.  Maybe
>   $AR $AR_FLAGS $AR_OFLAG$libname $objects
> is better, with $AR_OFLAG empty on *nix, and $AR_FLAGS empty for
"lib"?
> Maybe such a style is easier to copy for Automake?
> (Better keep this discussion to the respective thread, though.)

Hey, that's a neat idea!

What would you like the names to be?

Suggestion:
$AR $AR_FLAGS $AR_OFLAGS$libname $objects
$AR $AR_TFLAGS $libname
$AR $AR_XFLAGS $AR_EFLAGS$libname [$object]

With these values for ar and lib respectively:
AR            ar    lib
AR_FLAGS      cru
AR_OFLAGS           -OUT:
AR_TFLAGS     t     -LIST
AR_XFLAGS     x
AR_EFLAGS           -EXTRACT:

Throw in -NOLOGO in the lib variants if you like.

And it is of course required to keep track of if
the whole archive can be extracted in one go, or if
you have to loop over the content and extract one
file at a time.

Then there's the issue with Automake using ARFLAGS,
not AR_FLAGS...

Cheers,
Peter