[Bug binutils/28851] ar: add 'L' modifier as a shortcut for ADDLIB

[hp at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28851

--- Comment #1 from Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at sourceware dot org> ---
I just stumbled upon this wart (can't straightforwardly create a static archive
from he contents of other static archives and objects) in local scripts - or
rather, how it was worked around: creating a temporary thin archive of any mix
of static archives and objects  and then do as in the description, but just
addlib the single thin archive.  The temporary thin archive can even use the
same name as the final archive because of the way the MRI commands work.

Now, that was unsightly to me so I was looking for a more digestible solution. 
So far, I've found none, just this suggestion, which I second with one
amendment: allow any mix of objects and archives as parameters for the "new" L
option, not just libraries.  Let's also have a long option name, perhaps
--addlib?

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