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From: frank@morgan.com (Frank Wortner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Wanted: pdtar
Message-ID: <2654@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 20 May 88 15:57:31 GMT
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I've managed to compile pdtar under Minix 1.2.  It wasn't easy!  The
problem involving multiply defined _12's took a while to find and fix.
I did it by libupacking the .s files and then editing them.  I found
lines of the form:

	_12 = _1

I then deleted that particular line.  The next step was to go through
the code and replace all the _12's with _1's.  The massaged assembly
code passed through asld without incident and I had a working tar.  I
never want to compile pdtar under Minix again! :-)

Asld seems to have a bug involving equates like the one above.  It
apparently makes _12 a global symbol even though _1 is not.  This
compiler generates this code two or three times in various files of
pdtar.  I'm sorry I can't be more specific, but my Minix system is at
home and I'm at work right now.  This information should be enough to
allow you to link pdtar.

If anyone wants a uuencoded binary of pdtar (for Minix), I'd be happy
to send you one.   If there is sufficient interest, I'll post it.

					Frank