--- binutils-2.9.1/bfd/archive.c	2012-02-17 23:00:06.554906216 -0800
+++ binutils-2.9.1/bfd/archive.c	2012-02-17 23:00:15.694832573 -0800
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@
   sprintf ((hdr->ar_uid), "%ld", (long) status.st_uid);
   sprintf ((hdr->ar_gid), "%ld", (long) status.st_gid);
   sprintf ((hdr->ar_mode), "%-8o", (unsigned int) status.st_mode);
-  sprintf ((hdr->ar_size), "%-10ld", (long) status.st_size);
+  sprintf ((hdr->ar_size), "%-9ld", (long) status.st_size);
   /* Correct for a lossage in sprintf whereby it null-terminates.  I cannot
      understand how these C losers could design such a ramshackle bunch of
      IO operations */
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@
       memset ((char *) (&hdr), 0, sizeof (struct ar_hdr));
       strcpy (hdr.ar_name, ename);
       /* Round size up to even number in archive header.  */
-      sprintf (&(hdr.ar_size[0]), "%-10d",
+      sprintf (&(hdr.ar_size[0]), "%-9d",
 	       (int) ((elength + 1) & ~1));
       strncpy (hdr.ar_fmag, ARFMAG, 2);
       for (i = 0; i < sizeof (struct ar_hdr); i++)
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@
   sprintf (hdr.ar_uid, "%ld", (long) 666);
   sprintf (hdr.ar_gid, "%ld", (long) 42);
 #endif
-  sprintf (hdr.ar_size, "%-10d", (int) mapsize);
+  sprintf (hdr.ar_size, "%-9d", (int) mapsize);
   strncpy (hdr.ar_fmag, ARFMAG, 2);
   for (i = 0; i < sizeof (struct ar_hdr); i++)
     if (((char *) (&hdr))[i] == '\0')
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@
 
   memset ((char *) (&hdr), 0, sizeof (struct ar_hdr));
   hdr.ar_name[0] = '/';
-  sprintf (hdr.ar_size, "%-10d", (int) mapsize);
+  sprintf (hdr.ar_size, "%-9d", (int) mapsize);
   sprintf (hdr.ar_date, "%ld", (long) time (NULL));
   /* This, at least, is what Intel coff sets the values to.: */
   sprintf ((hdr.ar_uid), "%d", 0);