Subject:   -59- Where's 'ranlib'?
Date: 16 Sep 1993 00:00:01 EST

  IRIX doesn't need it. Read the description of the 's' option in the
  ar(1) manpage. When the Makefile for a program you're porting wants
  ranlib, delete the ranlib command, substitute 'true' or put a little
  shell script in your PATH to fake it.