[R-pkg-devel] portability question

[Steven Scott]

The Boom package builds a library against which other packages link.  The
library is built using the Makevars mechanism using the line

${AR} rc $@ $^

A user has asked me to change 'rc' to 'rcs' so that 'ranlib' will be run on
the archive.  This is apparently needed for certain flavors of macs.  I'm
hoping someone on this list can comment on the portability of that change
and whether it would negatively affect other platforms.  Thank you.

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