Re: [patch] 1.5.14: Incorrect archive member renaming with GNU ar

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:58:28PM CEST:
> * Peter O'Gorman wrote on Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 03:04:17PM CEST:
> > 
> > This is Alexandre Oliva's patch with a test case. OK to apply to branch-1-5
> > and forward port?
> 
> Yes.  Please show the forward-port, though.  Nice and clean fix, BTW.
> 
> May I suggest to add the additional step below to the test, to link
> another convenience lib into the convenience lib?

Come to think of it: AFAICS there is no technical reason to prefer
renaming to
  newobj=lt$counter-$objbase
over, say,
  newobj=$objbase-lt$counter

I believe, as a user, the latter would strike me as less intrusive.
Thinking of someone sorting the output of `nm'.  Could we do that
instead?

Not a serious issue though, IMHO.  Leaving object order intact is much
more important.

Regards,
Ralf