Subject: port-sparc/12526: ranlib corrupts some library
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <taya@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/03/2001 01:02:48 
>Number:         12526
>Category:       port-sparc
>Synopsis:       ranlib corrupts some library
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-sparc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 02 09:05:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Shin'ichiro TAYA
>Release:        20010330
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD turtle8.m2g.org 1.5T NetBSD 1.5T (SS20) #22: Sat Mar 31 21:21:24 JST 2001 taya@turtle8.m2g.org:/export/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/SS20 sparc
Architecture: sparc
Machine: sparc
>Description:
	ranlib corrupts mozilla/netwerk/protocol/file/src/libnkfile_s.a

>How-To-Repeat:
	(after bulding mozilla from pkgsrc)
	# cd work/mozilla/netwerk/protocol/file/src/libnkfile_s.a
	# ar t libnkfile_s.a 
	ar: libnkfile_s.a: Malformed archive

	(make libnkfile_s.a manually)
	# rm libnkfile_s.a
	# /usr/bin/ar cr libnkfile_s.a    nsFileChannel.o nsFileProtocolHandler.o
	# ar t libnkfile_s.a 
	nsFileChannel.o
	nsFileProtocolHandler.o

	(ranlib libnkfile_s.a manually)
	# ranlib libnkfile_s.a
	# ar t libnkfile_s.a
	ar: libnkfile_s.a: Malformed archive

>Fix:
	
>Release-Note:
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