Re: Bug report

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Per-Aake Malmqvist <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:07:29 +0200
> 
> libtest.a(sub1.o): sub1.f
> libtest.a(sub2.o): sub2.f
> 
> does not work properly on an IBM machine under AIX. Using either
> the GNU Make v 3.74 or v 3.75, the make program does not see or
> recognize the library members. In my real-world application, this
> has the annoying effect of spending lots of time recompiling my
> whole source directory each time make is run.
> 
> The same Makefile, tested on an SGI machine (IRIX), using
> GNU Make v 3.76.1, works as expected.

Perhaps the version on AIX was compiled without library-member
support?  Take a look at arscan.c: the code there depends on
NO_ARCHIVES being undefined.