Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

[Alejandro Colomar]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 03:15:12PM GMT, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Hey Alejandro,

Hey Chris!

> >> Do you not get the same thing? You may need to install the binutils
> >> package.
> >
> > Humm.  I might be in front of a bug?  I was trying to see what was the
> > difference between an archive before and after running ranlib(1) on it.
> > Maybe that was the issue?
> 
> Oh, I didn't realise you were seeing a traceback. Could you share your
> liba2i.a and liba2i_ranlibbed.a files (or provide a way for me to
> generate these myself) so I can reproduce this locally?

Sure, I'll send you the two files.  If you also want to know how I
generated them, I can send you the reproducer commands too.

Please find them attached.

Have a lovely night!
Alex


P.S.:  I'll write to you regarding the strtol(3) stuff we discussed
around a year ago.  I have news.

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