[Bug binutils/28917] ar: r does not replace objects specified multiple times on the command line

[vapier at gentoo dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28917

--- Comment #1 from Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org> ---
ugh, this appears to be undocumented behavior.  i can't find anything in the
man page or manual discussing this, and the commit history predates git.

--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -1493,8 +1493,7 @@
          /* For compatibility with existing ar programs, we
             permit the same file to be added multiple times.  */
          if (FILENAME_CMP (normalize (*files_to_move, arch),
-                           normalize (bfd_get_filename (current), arch)) == 0
-             && current->arelt_data != NULL)
+                           normalize (bfd_get_filename (current), arch)) == 0)
            {
              bool replaced;
              if (newer_only)

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