Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/01/16/06:04:29
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Ove Kaaven wrote:
> It was impossible to "ar" it, so with the Linux advantage at
> hand, I ran ar on the Linux computer. But of course this wouldn't link
> with the X program, complaining that I should run "ranlib" on it.
Why didn't you run `ranlib' on Linux as well? Or just add `s' to the
`ar' flags (Linux uses GNU Binutils, so its `ar' should support it).
> Argh, how much memory does ranlib really need, if 3x file size isn't
> sufficient?
I don't know, but you might consider asking on gnu.utils.bug news group,
or running `ar' on a smaller library and watch memory usage relative to
library size.
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