- Added a new option object mode -X for llvm-ar. In AIX OS , there is a object mode option -X for ar command.
please see the "-X mode" part of https://www.ibm.com/docs/ko/aix/7.1?topic=ar-command
Specifies the type of object file ar should examine. The mode must be one of the following:
32
Processes only 32-bit object files
64
Processes only 64-bit object files
32_64
Processes both 32-bit and 64-bit object files
any
Processes all of the supported object files.
The default is to process 32-bit object files (ignore 64-bit objects). The mode can also be set with the OBJECT_MODE environment variable. For example, OBJECT_MODE=64 causes ar to process any 64-bit objects and ignore 32-bit objects. The -X flag overrides the OBJECT_MODE variable.
- Before adding the new option -X, the default behaviors of llvm-ar like -Xany, but after the adding the new option -X, the default behaviors of llvm-ar change to -X32 ,in order to let some test cases which has 32bit and 64bit object file in the same llvm-ar command, we need to add the "export OBJECT_MODE=any" into test case to change the default behaviors of llvm-ar's object mode.
I don't like the word "examine" here. llvm-ar is usually about manipulating archives, as much as (if not more than) inspecting them. How about "will recognise" instead of "should examine"?