RE: libtool 2-0-lib-as-archiver.patch

[Peter Ekberg]

I wrote:
> [Changing thread]
> 
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > I'm still very unsure about the "lib as archiver" patch, 
> esp as to the
> > naming of the new variables.  Maybe
> >   $AR $AR_FLAGS $AR_OFLAG$libname $objects
> > is better, with $AR_OFLAG empty on *nix, and $AR_FLAGS 
> empty for "lib"?
> > Maybe such a style is easier to copy for Automake?
> > (Better keep this discussion to the respective thread, though.)
> 
> Hey, that's a neat idea!
> 
> What would you like the names to be?
> 
> Suggestion:
> $AR $AR_FLAGS $AR_OFLAGS$libname $objects
> $AR $AR_TFLAGS $libname
> $AR $AR_XFLAGS $AR_EFLAGS$libname [$object]

Sorry, the last one should be:
$AR $AR_XFLAGS $AR_EFLAGS[$object] $libname

> With these values for ar and lib respectively:
> AR            ar    lib
> AR_FLAGS      cru
> AR_OFLAGS           -OUT:
> AR_TFLAGS     t     -LIST
> AR_XFLAGS     x
> AR_EFLAGS           -EXTRACT:
> 
> Throw in -NOLOGO in the lib variants if you like.
> 
> And it is of course required to keep track of if
> the whole archive can be extracted in one go, or if
> you have to loop over the content and extract one
> file at a time ($ar_extract_one_by_one).
> 
> Then there's the issue with Automake using ARFLAGS,
> not AR_FLAGS...

Cheers,
Peter