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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: ranlib
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Date: 4 Aug 89 16:07:10 GMT
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In article <867@dtscp1.UUCP> scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes:
>lorder(1) exists under bsd but is really not necessary with ranlib.

Conversely, ranlib is not really necessary if you have lorder and tsort.
(If tsort reports a circular dependency, the solution is to merge the objects
in question into a single module, either with `ld -r' or by recompiling them
as a single source.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint
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