[Issue 6535] New: RDMD outputs broken library files

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6535

           Summary: RDMD outputs broken library files
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: x86_64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: pastas4 at gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from GreatEmerald <pastas4 at gmail.com> 2011-08-20 01:00:22 PDT ---
When trying to compile a static library with RDMD, the output file is always 72
bytes long, which of course is not valid. Using DMD to compile the library
works correctly.

To reproduce, I use this basic D file:

===============
module lib;
import std.stdio;

void libraryFunction()
{
    writeln("You have executed the library function!");
}
===============

If I try to compile it with RDMD using this syntax:

===============
rdmd --build-only -lib lib.d
===============

I get a lib.a file that is 72 bytes long. However, if I use the standalone DMD
like this:

===============
dmd -lib lib.d
===============

The resulting file is 43.5 kibibytes of size and valid. If I make RDMD chatty
and enable both standard and informational warnings, it shows that a
lib.d.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX file is created in the /tmp/.rdmd
directory and is of 43.5 kibibytes size. I assume it is the correct file (the
size matches exactly) that somehow doesn't get copied to the directory I am
building the library in.

I am using RDMD build 20110706, DMD64 v2.054, openSUSE 11.4 x86_64.

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