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| -rw-r--r-- | ar.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -83,19 +83,24 @@ ar_member_date (name) ar_parse_name (name, &arname, &memname); - /* Make sure we know the modtime of the archive itself because - we are likely to be called just before commands to remake a - member are run, and they will change the archive itself. */ + /* Make sure we know the modtime of the archive itself because we are + likely to be called just before commands to remake a member are run, + and they will change the archive itself. + + But we must be careful not to enter_file the archive itself if it does + not exist, because pattern_search assumes that files found in the data + base exist or can be made. */ { struct file *arfile; arfile = lookup_file (arname); - if (arfile == 0) + if (arfile == 0 && file_exists_p (arname)) { arfile = enter_file (arname); arname_used = 1; } - (void) f_mtime (arfile, 0); + if (arfile != 0) + (void) f_mtime (arfile, 0); } val = ar_scan (arname, ar_member_date_1, (long int) memname); |