Re: looking for ar/ld for SunOS 5.x

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From: Ian Dickinson
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 09:56

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In article <223r4b$mu5@tick.iatge.uucp>,
	foks@iatge.uucp (Thomas Foks) writes:
>I'm looking for a GnU version of ar and ld that works under
>SunOS 5.x. The reason is that the Cygnus GnU-C comes without an
>ar and so bootstraping becomes very difficult...:(
>Unfortunately the delivered Sun ld cannot handle the archives that
>I produced via an ar running in 4.1.3 compatibility mode...

This is becoming a FAQ.
The INSTALL file with the Solaris binary distribution needs updating
to reflect the changes between SunOS 5.1 and 5.2
Caspers earlier posting contains all the gems,
but the jist is:

Install SUNWbtool (*AND* SUNWsprot if it exists) and you get ar installed.

Cheers,
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