From d8f187c1abc0aaf718b92bf4a4ecaf3a9e866c56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 14:33:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Remove sentance in binutils documentation saying that thin archives cannot contain absolute paths or paths outside of the current directory - they can. * doc/binutils.texi (ar): Remove bogus sentance concerning thin archives and invalid paths. --- binutils/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index ae9c9955c2a..ba6c0c8c4c8 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2015-09-09 Nick Clifton + + * doc/binutils.texi (ar): Remove bogus sentance concerning thin + archives and invalid paths. + 2015-09-03 Nick Clifton PR binutils/18879 diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index fef5f3edf7a..8a2a652d093 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ a normal archive. Instead the elements of the first archive are added individually to the second archive. The paths to the elements of the archive are stored relative to the -archive itself. For security reasons absolute paths and paths with a -@code{/../} component are not allowed. +archive itself. @cindex compatibility, @command{ar} @cindex @command{ar} compatibility -- 2.30.2