Why ar doesn't call ranlib on Mac?

[Alexy Khrabrov]

I'm on Intel Leopard 10.5.6 and my xcode is 312_2621, gcc build 5490.   
The ar I have us from July 9 2008, size 64448 bytes.  I've upgraded  
from gcc build 5488 yesterday to see if the most recent xcode off ADC  
has a different ar, but it didn't look like it.  Peter -- is the new  
ar supposed to be in xcode.dmg, or you get it via other means?

Cheers,
Alexy

On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Joshua Root wrote:
> Peter O'Gorman wrote:
...
>> http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5.6/cctools-667.3/ar/ar.c
...
> Apparently the issue crops up not only on Panther but also when  
> building
> universal, see for example <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/13634>.
>
> - Josh