File::S...lers::ar(3)
β¨ DEPRECATION PLAN β¨
okay so bestie, this is the manual page for File::S...lers::ar(3) β the manual name is right there, and honestly this page is short but it has lore. π The whole vibe is the deprecation plan, and itβs giving βI was gone, then I came back optional.β π
So the story: this handler was originally removed in late 2018, because binutils was deemed to be reproducible (781262, #843811, etc.). No cap, thatβs the tea. π«
But then β plot twist β it was re-introduced in late 2019 via issue #3 as an optional handler, in order to support:
not just 'older' toolchains, it's also about 'other' toolchains
Periodt. Itβs not just about the old stuff; itβs also about the other stuff. πβ¨
mwah π β source/version check for File::S...lers::ar(3): perl v5.42.3, dated 1980-01-01. Thatβs the footer tea, bestie. π«Άπ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixos 26.05: perl5.42.3-strip-nondeterminism 1.14.1
- nixpkgs unstable: perl5.42.3-strip-nondeterminism 1.14.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms