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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Randy Terbush <ra...@zyzzyva.com> on 1996/10/22 16:13:11 UTC

Re: ranlib

> Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com> writes:
> 
> > 'Course, this assumes that if Configure can't find it, the OS doesn't
> > need it...
> 
> It'd be a non-fatal error anyway for ranlib not to be used. It was an
> optimistion process, libraries worked without it.
> 
> -- 
>   Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd.  (Netcraft Ltd. contractor)

I've never encountered a system where it is optional. It is an absolute
requirement.

Looks like I was wrong when I tagged it as a BSDism. From the manpage:

HISTORY
     A ranlib command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.