I use ar like this: ar crs librt_mon_client.a test.o When test.o does not exists it should exit with an error code (as it does on debian stable and unstable). It does not! ar just returns 0, independently of the file's existance. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ar crs librt_mon_client.a test.o 2. echo $? Actual Results: 0 Expected Results: 1 (or != 0) ar --version GNU ar 2.14.90.0.8 20040114 Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty. emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi//var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dga dvd encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib intel8x0 java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmx2motif mozcalendar mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png ppds python qt quicktime radeon readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb x86 xemacs xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv zlib video_cards_radeon"
root@vapier 0 gdb # ar crs librt_mon_client.a test.o ar: test.o: No such file or directory root@vapier 0 gdb # echo $? 1 seems to be fixed in newer binutils solar: shall we finally put binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 into x86 stable ?
Please yes lets put it in stable.
it's in stable now
I checked for the bug with ar version: GNU ar 2.15.90.0.1.1 20040303 and the bug still exists! Debian ar versions: 2.15 and GNU ar 2.13.90.0.16 20021126 Debian GNU/Linux do not have this bug.
ok, this is def not fixed in 2.15.90.0.1.1 but is in 2.15.92.0.2
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 is now stable
