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This article is from the 3b1 computers FAQ, by John B. Bunch with numerous contributions by others.

3.2. What do I with old object-file archives?

The object-file archive format was changed from release 3.0 to 3.5 of the operating system. There is a utility to convert these archives to the new format.

	# convert oldarchive.a newarchive.a

Or you can run:

	# arconvert
	# file oldarchive.a newarchive.a
	oldarchive.a: 5.0 archive
	newarchive.a: 5.2 archive

That will convert all the archives in /usr/lib and /lib that are in the old 5.0 archive format to the new 5.2 archive format.

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