* Is the GNU against link (ar/ranlib)?
@ 1994-08-18 6:00 H.J. Lu
1994-08-18 7:39 ` Ian Lance Taylor
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From: H.J. Lu @ 1994-08-18 6:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gas2
Hi,
Why not link ranlib to ar and check arg [0]?
--
H.J. Lu
NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc. hjl@nynexst.com
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* Re: Is the GNU against link (ar/ranlib)?
1994-08-18 6:00 Is the GNU against link (ar/ranlib)? H.J. Lu
@ 1994-08-18 7:39 ` Ian Lance Taylor
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From: Ian Lance Taylor @ 1994-08-18 7:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: hjl; +Cc: gas2
From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 9:00:42 EDT
Why not link ranlib to ar and check arg [0]?
From the GNU standards document (available from GNU archive sites
as standards.*):
Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used
to invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with
a different name, and that should not change what it does.
Instead, use a run time option or a compilation switch or both to
select among the alternate behaviors.
Ian
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