libArchive option is being ignored in 6.1.1

[crespum]

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Configuration

Operating system: Linux (Fedora 35)

PlatformIO Version (platformio --version): 6.1.1

Description of problem

We've got a big project with many libraries under lib directory. Each of these libraries contains a "libArchive": false, option inside its corresponding library.json. Up to version 6.1.0, this used to work as documented: the library was not compiled into a .a but every source file was compiled into an object to be linked in the last build step.

Since version 6.1.1 this option seems to be ignored and the libraries are compiled to intermediate .a files. I suspect it has to do with this commit.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clone https://github.com/crespum/arduino-blink-core-bug
2. Build with Core 6.1.0 and save the output
3. Build with Core 6.1.1 and save the output
4. Compare both outputs and see an unexpected libtest_lib.a in 6.1.1 (this is the linker output taken in my setup)

[ivankravets]

Sorry for the issue and thanks for the report! Could you re-test with pio upgrade --dev? If it works for you, we will plan a hotfix release.

[ivankravets]

Resolved in 83bb661

[crespum]

Thanks so much! That seems to fix the issue. I can only compare the build results right now, but I'll test in the hardware tomorrow morning.

[crespum]

I can confirm now that the firmware seems to work fine too. Again, thank you so much.

[ivankravets]

Thanks for your feedback! 🙏

[nerdyscout]

using v6.1.4b2 it feels like I just run into same issue defining lib_archive = no in platformio.ini
could it be this has been fixed only for library.json?

[ivankravets]

@nerdyscout could you provide a simple PlatformIO project to reproduce your issue? Thanks!