Add support for thin archives.

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+2008-03-27  Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>
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+        Add support for thin archives.
+       * ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
+       (map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
+       (usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
+       (replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
+       * arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
+       * binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
+       flattening nested archives.
+       (do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
+       (ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
+       * binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
+       (struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
+       * dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
+       * emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
+       parameter, currently unimplemented.
+       All callers changed.
+       * objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
+       * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
+
 2008-03-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
        * readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Declare addr_size as int.