SUMMARY: ranlib

From: Mark Fergusson (MFerg@ddntl.didata.co.za)
Date: Thu Oct 03 1996 - 05:36:31 CDT

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Thanks to all who replied, too many to mention. The following from:
Casper@holland.sun.com
>rich@loopexpert.com

Original Question:
>>
>> Solaris 2.4
>>
>> I often see a reference to ranlib, including the package I'm trying to
>> make. What is and where can get this beast from ?
>>

Casper@holland.sun.com
The solaris FAQ says:

6.3) Where has ranlib gone?

    The functionality provided by ranlib in SunOS 4.1.x is now
    merged into ar. It is no longer necessary to run ranlib
    on archive libraries. Fix makefiles that require ranlib
    by replacing it with "/bin/true".

A no-op ranlib is reintroduced in 2.5.

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The following is from the 2.5 manpage. If there's no ranlib on your
system, you can just create your own - it can be a shell script that
just does "exit 0". :-)

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rich@loopexpert.com

File: /usr/share/man/man1/ranlib.1
ranlib(1) User Commands ranlib(1)

NAME
ranlib - convert archives to random libraries

SYNOPSIS
/usr/ccs/bin/ranlib archive

AVAILABILITY
SUNWbtool

DESCRIPTION
     ranlib was used in SunOS 4.x to add a table of contents to
     archive libraries, which converted each archive to a form
     that could be linked more rapidly. This is no longer needed
     as the ar(1) command automatically provides all the func-
     tionality ranlib used to provide.

     This script is provided as a convenience for software
     developers who need to maintain Makefiles that are portable
     across a variety of operating systems.

EXIT STATUS
ranlib has exit status 0.