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From: "David Abrahams" <david DOT abrahams AT rcn DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: 1.3.2/Win2K: ar confused by drive letters
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:05:39 -0400
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Here is a simple test case that reproduces the problem:

=======
c:/temp$ cat foo.cpp
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
  std::cout << "hello, world" << std::endl ;
}

c:/temp$ g++ -c foo.cpp

c:/temp$ ar ru "c:\temp\foo.lib" foo.o

c:/temp$ ar ru "e:\temp\foo.lib" foo.o
ar: e:\temp\foo.lib: rename: Cross-device link
======

Note that when the target archive is to be built on the same drive as the
current directory, there is no problem. I realize there are alternatives to
the "e:\..." syntax which don't cause this problem, but the build system I'm
using (Jam/MR) doesn't really allow me to form paths like //e/...

Thanks for listening,
Dave


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