[Bug binutils/452] ar can't handle object name conflict

[amodra at bigpond dot net dot au]

------- Additional Comments From amodra at bigpond dot net dot au  2004-10-16 
12:00 -------
My copy of IEEE P1003.1, admittedly a draft, says of ar:

"All file operands can be path names.  However, files within archives shall be
named by a file name, which is the last component of the path name used when the
file was entered into the archive.  The comparison of file operands to the names
of files in archives shall be performed by comparing the last component of the
operand to the name of the archive file.

It is unspecified whether multiple files in the archive may be identically
named.  In the case of such files, however, each file and posnameoperand shall
match only the first archive file having a name that is the same as the last
component of the operand."

ie. The behaviour you are complaining about is required.  I'm changing this bug
report to an enhancement request, since it would be nice to have ar -P work when
adding files.  See http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-08/msg00106.html

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http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=452

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