* ar.c (main): Support POSIX-compatible argument parsing.

testsuite:
	* binutils-all/ar.exp (argument_parsing): New test.

binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#   Copyright 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright 1995, 1997, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -214,7 +214,43 @@ proc symbol_table { } {
     pass $testname
 }
 
+# Test POSIX-compatible argument parsing.
+
+proc argument_parsing { } {
+    global AR
+    global AS
+    global srcdir
+    global subdir
+
+    set testname "ar argument parsing"
+
+    if ![binutils_assemble $srcdir/$subdir/bintest.s tmpdir/bintest.o] {
+	unresolved $testname
+	return
+    }
+
+    if [is_remote host] {
+	set archive artest.a
+	set objfile [remote_download host tmpdir/bintest.o]
+	remote_file host delete $archive
+    } else {
+	set archive tmpdir/artest.a
+	set objfile tmpdir/bintest.o
+    }
+
+    remote_file build delete tmpdir/artest.a
+
+    set got [binutils_run $AR "-r -c $archive ${objfile}"]
+    if ![string match "" $got] {
+	fail $testname
+	return
+    }
+
+    pass $testname
+}
+
 # Run the tests.
 
 long_filenames
 symbol_table
+argument_parsing