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From: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: libg.a for Esix Rev D is hosed, 'is not in archive format'
Keywords: libg.a, ar
Message-ID: <1990Dec18.185536.2681@jwt.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 90 18:55:36 GMT
References: <207@hacker.UUCP> <1990Dec18.035730.4164@karnak.cactus.org>
Organization: Private System -- Orlando, FL
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In article <1990Dec18.035730.4164@karnak.cactus.org> john@karnak.cactus.org (John B. Meaders Jr.) writes:
>In article <207@hacker.UUCP> steve@hacker.UUCP (Stephen M. Youndt) writes:
>>	ar: /usr/lib/libg.a not in archive format
>
>Mine is the same way.  Perhaps it isn't hosed.

libg.a is actually a .o file.  Try doing 'file libg.a',  'nm libg.a',
and 'dis libg.a'  What is libg.a for, anyway?  I remember using it
years ago for something, but I couldn't find anything in the docs
about it.
-- 
John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)