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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1995-10-09 05:19:27 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1995-10-09 05:19:27 +0000
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Don't claim that `ranlib -t' is useful.
Our ld is derived from gnu ld which doesn't check the timestamp on __.SYMDEF. gnu ld is designed to work with gnu ar which doesn't even have a ranlib option (gnu ar updates __.SYMDEF automatically if __.SYMDEF already exists, so gnu ld expects __.SYMDEF to be up to date if it exists).
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diff --git a/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1aout b/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1aout
index bd95cd2..c5bdf37 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1aout
+++ b/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1aout
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl t
Set the modification time of the __.SYMDEF file.
-This time is compared by the loader with the modification time of the
+Some loaders (but not the FreeBSD one)
+compared this time with the modification time of the
archive to verify that the table is up-to-date with respect to the
archive.
If the modification time has been changed without any change to the
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