Re: ar bug ????

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"William A. Mahaffey III" <address@hidden> writes:

>     I am using the GNU ar utility under Caldera Open Linux 2.2, kernel
> 2.2.5, ar v 2.9.1. This version seems to have a limit on filename length
> of about 14 or 15 characters, which is problematic for me. Does the
> current binutils package include a newer ar utility ? Can this (newer or
> not) version be configured to use longer (unlimited) filenames ? Thanks
> in advance for your time.

ar on GNU/Linux supports filenames of unlimited length.  What leads
you to believe that it does not?  Note that long file names are stored
in a special extended filename entry.

Ian