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ar: enable reproducible output by default when invoked as `ar -s`
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Authored by emaste on Jun 16 2016, 5:50 PM.
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ar output is currently deterministic by default for ar -q and ar -r, and when invoked as ranlib. Make ar -s equivalent to ranlib and enable deterministic output by default in that case too.

PR 210330 https://bugs.freebsd.org/210330

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"Invoking ar with the -s option alone is equivalent to invoking ranlib." convinced me

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jun 16 2016, 5:58 PM
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