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Error in Makefile using (ar) utility for Mac. #43

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snOm3ad opened this issue Dec 18, 2018 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #207
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Error in Makefile using (ar) utility for Mac. #43

snOm3ad opened this issue Dec 18, 2018 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #207

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snOm3ad commented Dec 18, 2018 •
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The Makefile contains the following (on line 72)
$(LIBFILE): $(LIBOBJ) $(AR) -crs $@ -- $^
The command fails on MacOS High Sierra because the ar utility does not recognize the -- as valid syntax. Removing the double dash, solved the issue for me.
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nayuki commented Dec 18, 2018

Yeah, I saw the same problem with ar and -- on OpenBSD. But using -- to end the list of flags is supported in many programs (a GNU-ism maybe?), and adds to the robustness against accidental flags.

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Yeah, I saw the same problem with ar and -- on OpenBSD. But using -- to end the list of flags is supported in many programs (a GNU-ism maybe?), and adds to the robustness against accidental flags.

Is the purpose of the -- solely to "add robustness again accidental flags" (on Linux) ?
If so, is it worth it, considering that it's an invalid syntax on other systems ?

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0-wiz-0 added a commit to 0-wiz-0/QR-Code-generator that referenced this issue Sep 28, 2024
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Fix portability problem with ar(1) on macOS.
1e2709c 
macOS ar(1) does not support '--'.

Fixes nayuki#43, nayuki#95, nayuki#170.
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Fix portability problem with ar(1) on macOS. 0-wiz-0/QR-Code-generator
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