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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# This wrapper takes the arguments: <ar> <operation> <archive> <files...>
-# <ar> can be any ar implementation.
-# <operations>, <archive> and <files...> are the normal arguments to <ar>.
-#
-# OS X's ar implementation has the problem, that it refuses to create empty archives.
-# This wrapper will copy a provided empty .a file to <archive> if it was told to.
-
-# If <operations> contains "r", and there are no <files...> given.
-if [ "${2#*r}" != "$2" ] && [ "$#" -eq 3 ]; then
-    # If <archive> exists, do nothing, otherwise copy an empty archive.
-    [ -e "$3" ] || cp "${0%ar-wrapper}/empty.a" "$3"
-else
-    # Otherwise act like this wrapper was not present.
-    "$@"
-fi
-
-# Return the exit code of the last invocation ("[", "cp", or <ar>).
-exit $?