[Bug binutils/15798] New: ar q is NOT a synonym for ar r contrary to its documentation

[mikpe at it dot uu.se]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15798

            Bug ID: 15798
           Summary: ar q is NOT a synonym for ar r contrary to its
                    documentation
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.24 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: mikpe at it dot uu.se

The documentation for 'ar q' states:

"However, ..., so GNU ar implements q as a synonym for r."

In reality ar q behaves in the traditional way and not at all like ar r:

> echo nop > foo.s ; gas/as-new -o foo.o foo.s; binutils/ar rc foo.a foo.o
> binutils/ar tv foo.a
rw-r--r-- 500/500    657 Jul 28 20:34 2013 foo.o
> echo bar >> foo.o
> binutils/ar r foo.a foo.o
> binutils/ar tv foo.a
rw-r--r-- 500/500    661 Jul 28 20:35 2013 foo.o
> echo fie >> foo.o
> binutils/ar q foo.a foo.o
> binutils/ar tv foo.a
rw-r--r-- 500/500    661 Jul 28 20:35 2013 foo.o
rw-r--r-- 500/500    665 Jul 28 20:36 2013 foo.o

I suggest deleting this grossly misleading statement from the documentation.

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