[packages/rpm.git] / README.cpu-os-macros

In order to more easily cope with merges and avoid issues with binary formats,
we're now using the ar format which will give us a pure ascii archive that'll
make it possible to track & merge individual changes like with other text files.
Unfortunately the format doesn't support paths..

recommended way of making changes and updating archive:
rm -rf foo
mkdir foo
cd foo
ar x ../cpu-os-macros.a
<perform your changes>
cd -
# preserve order of files within the archive
LC_ALL=C /bin/sh -c 'ar cDr cpu-os-macros.a foo/*macros'
Commit	Line	Data
c546a4d6 ER	1	In order to more easily cope with merges and avoid issues with binary formats,
	2	we're now using the ar format which will give us a pure ascii archive that'll
	3	make it possible to track & merge individual changes like with other text files.
	4	Unfortunately the format doesn't support paths..
	5
	6	recommended way of making changes and updating archive:
	7	rm -rf foo
7faa379d	8	mkdir foo
c546a4d6 ER	9	cd foo
	10	ar x ../cpu-os-macros.a
	11	<perform your changes>
	12	cd -
2a9ea704 JR	13	# preserve order of files within the archive
2a9ea704 JR	14	LC_ALL=C /bin/sh -c 'ar cDr cpu-os-macros.a foo/*macros'