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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.bugs
Subject: Re: Unusual failure of ranlib
Message-ID: <1336@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Nov-84 23:31:30 EST
Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1336
Posted: Sat Nov 24 23:31:30 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 26-Nov-84 02:02:35 EST
References: <152@psivax.UUCP> <596@munnari.OZ>
Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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Why not simply special-case the code in ``ld'' and ``ranlib'' for the
name ``__.SYMDEF'', since it is already a special case?  (In other words,
ignore its apparent magic number.)
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