>Number:         10230
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ar(1) chokes on qpopper 3.0.2 build
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 30 01:35:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
>Release:        1.4.2
>Organization:
	itojun.org
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lychee.itojun.org 1.4.2 NetBSD 1.4.2 (LYCHEE.v6) #925: Mon May 29 09:32:54 JST 2000 itojun@lychee.itojun.org:/export/home/itojun/k/kame/netbsd/sys/arch/i386/compile/LYCHEE.v6 i386


>Description:
	qualcomm qpopper 3.0.2 checks if ar(1) chokes on damaged archive file.
	NetBSD 1.4.2/i386 /usr/bin/ar does not handle it well.
	NetBSD 1.4Z /usr/bin/ar is okay.
>How-To-Repeat:
	% tar zxf qpopper3.0.2.tar.gz
	% cd qpopper3.0.2
	% ./configure

Script started on Tue May 30 17:21:52 2000
itojun[lychee:/home/itojun/work/kame-apps/qpopper3] ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for flex... flex
checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for gperf... no
checking for cperf... no
warning:: not found
checking for gcc version 2.7.2.3... no
checking if ar chokes on -r... Segmentation fault
Segmentation fault
ar fails
configure: error: ar doesn't work
itojun[lychee:/home/itojun/work/kame-apps/qpopper3] cat config.log
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:578: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:607: checking for gcc
configure:720: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
configure:736: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
configure:762: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler
configure:767: checking whether we are using GNU C
configure:776: gcc -E conftest.c
configure:795: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:831: checking for bison
configure:864: checking for flex
configure:898: checking for yywrap in -lfl
configure:917: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lfl   1>&5
configure:944: checking for ar
configure:977: checking for ranlib
configure:1005: checking for POSIXized ISC
configure:1030: checking for gperf
configure:1030: checking for cperf
configure:1152: checking for gcc version 2.7.2.3
configure:1166: checking if ar chokes on -r
itojun[lychee:/home/itojun/work/kame-apps/qpopper3] sh -x ./configure |&tail -30
+ test -f /bin/cperf
+ IFS=  

+ GPERF=
+ test -n 
+ echo no
no
+ test -n 
+ test -n 
+ GPERF=echo configure: warning: Unable to find gperf/cperf 1>&2
warning:: not found
+ test  = yes
+ test yes = yes
+ echo -n checking for gcc version 2.7.2.3... 
checking for gcc version 2.7.2.3... + echo configure:1152: checking for gcc version 2.7.2.3
+ gcc+ grep --version 2\.7\.2\.3

+ echo no
no
+ echo -n checking if ar chokes on -r... 
checking if ar chokes on -r... + echo configure:1166: checking if ar chokes on -r
+ ar -r junque.ar configure.in
Segmentation fault
+ ar r junque.ar configure.in
Segmentation fault
+ echo ar fails
ar fails
+ echo configure: error: ar doesn't work
configure: error: ar doesn't work
+ exit 1

>Fix:
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