Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/binutils/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.711
diff -u -r1.711 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog	10 Nov 2003 17:28:33 -0000	1.711
+++ ChangeLog	10 Nov 2003 18:38:36 -0000
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 2003-11-10  Tobias Burnus <address@hidden>
 
 	* ar.c (print_contents): Remove "member" from verbose output in
-	order to conform to POSIX specification.
+	  order to conform to POSIX specification.
+	* ar.c (open_inarch): Emitt a warning when an archive is created
+	  (only shown with -v) in order to confrom to POSIX specification.
 
 2003-11-10  Alan Modra  <address@hidden>
 
Index: ar.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/binutils/ar.c,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 ar.c
--- ar.c	10 Nov 2003 17:28:33 -0000	1.31
+++ ar.c	10 Nov 2003 18:38:36 -0000
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@
 
       /* Create an empty archive.  */
       arch = bfd_openw (archive_filename, target);
+      if (!silent_create)
+        non_fatal (_("creating %s"), archive_filename);
+
       if (arch == NULL
 	  || ! bfd_set_format (arch, bfd_archive)
 	  || ! bfd_close (arch))