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From: greg@mobius.Viewlogic.COM (Gregory Larkin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Compiling Minix ar(1) on a SPARC
Keywords: Probably crazy
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.152501@mobius.Viewlogic.COM>
Date: 8 Jan 91 20:25:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: mobius.1991Jan8.152501
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Reply-To: greg@mobius.Viewlogic.COM (Gregory Larkin)
Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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OK, call me crazy, but.....

I posted this morning about doing source code patching for Minix on a
SPARCStation to get 1.5.10 sources.  Well, I have transferred all of
the source code successfully and now I want to start patching.

The only problem is this:  the .a files from Minix are not the same
format as SunOS .a files, thus the Sun ar(1) cannot extract the Minix
.a files.

So I think "No problem, I'll just compile ar.c from Minix on the Sun".
Well, this does and doesn't work.  cc(1) will not compile it, gcc(1)
will..  So I go with gcc!!

I have a working executable, but I used Sun header files, so it will 
not recognize the Minix .a format yet.

I noticed the presence of a file /usr/include/ar.h (both in Minix and
SunOS).  I would expect this file to be included by ar.c, but it is
not!!!  It is not included by any .h file that ar.c includes, either!

Does anyone know how I can compile Minix's ar.c on the Sun, with the
correct ar.h information??

Thanks for any help,
--
Greg Larkin (ASIC Engineer)
Viewlogic Systems, Inc. (The CAE Company)
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