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diff --git a/src/cmd/pack/doc.go b/src/cmd/pack/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8b17f3ca2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/cmd/pack/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +/* + +Pack is a variant of the Plan 9 ar tool. The original is documented at + + http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/1/ar + +It adds a special Go-specific section __.PKGDEF that collects all the +Go type information from the files in the archive; that section is +used by the compiler when importing the package during compilation. + +Usage: + go tool pack [uvnbailogS][mrxtdpq][P prefix] archive files ... + +The new option 'g' causes pack to maintain the __.PKGDEF section +as files are added to the archive. + +The new option 'S' forces pack to mark the archive as safe. + +The new option 'P' causes pack to remove the given prefix +from file names in the line number information in object files +that are already stored in or added to the archive. +*/ +package documentation |