lorder(1) bug + fix (all UNIX syste
hamilton at uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
hamilton at uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Tue Nov 26 09:28:00 AEST 1985
>> ...This can also happen on 4.2BSD systems if ranlib(1) is not used.
>> Lorder is less widely used on 4.2BSD and System 5.2 systems, but
>> its use is necessary to ensure source portability to V7 and
>> other systems (MS-DOS?) which lack System V's archive table of
>> contents or 4.2BSD's ranlib....
>Once again the Berkloids get credit for something they had nothing to do
>with... Ranlib came from Bell Labs and was included in V7, although it seems
>to have been a late addition and the as-distributed V7 libraries don't use it.
so who are we supposed to give credit to? to Bell Labs for distributing a
useless ranlib? or to berkeley whose libraries can be usefully ranlib'ed?
i think berkeley deserves a teeny bit more credit than "nothing to do with".
wayne hamilton
U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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