Short: (net)bsd archive tools (ar/ranlib/nm) Author: various Uploader: gnikl informatik uni-rostock de (Gunther Nikl) Type: dev/gcc Architecture: m68k-amigaos This archive contains three bsd tools to create, maintain and list link libraries in 'a.out'-format, thus they are useable with gcc. These tools are able to create and handle a so called 'extended' archive format supporting filenames with a length more than 15 characters. (That format is only used if required, of course!) Since gmake and the on the amiga with gcc used ld both can handle this format, these tools can easily be used as a replacement for the gnu-tools. Because only 'a.out' is supported the executable size of every program is a bit smaller than the corresponding bfd-based gnu tool ;) Some technical information: All compiled programs are residentable (you should set the 'pure' bit) and require only ixemul v39. Also there are already converted man-pages. Some files had to be changed slightly, in this case the original files got the suffix '.orig'. Gunther