[PATCH] --enable-deterministic-archives and ar/ranlib -U

nick clifton nickc@redhat.com
Wed Dec 21 16:28:00 GMT 2011
Hi  Roland,

> Maintainers, like it now?

Sorry, sorry  - caught up in other stuff.

> binutils/
> 2011-12-20  Roland McGrath<mcgrathr@google.com>
>
> 	* configure.in (--enable-deterministic-archives): Grok new
> 	argument.  Set DEFAULT_AR_DETERMINISTIC to 1 or 0 accordingly.
> 	* configure: Regenerated.
> 	* config.in: Regenerated.
> 	* ar.c (deterministic): Initialize to -1.
> 	(decode_options, ranlib_main): Grok U option.
> 	(usage, ranlib_usage): Mention U; say for D and U which is the default.
> 	(default_deterministic): New function.
> 	(ranlib_main): Call it.
> 	(main): Likewise.  Make newer_only&&  deterministic error
> 	non-fatal if it was just DEFAULT_AR_DETERMINISTIC and not the D option.
> 	* doc/binutils.texi (ar cmdline, ranlib): Document U modifier and
> 	--enable-deterministic-archives behavior.

Approved - please apply.

Cheers
   Nick



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