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+test/Regression/Archive
+=======================
+
+This directory contains various tests of llvm-ar and llvm-ranlib to ensure 
+compatibility reading other ar(1) formats. It also provides a basic
+functionality test for these tools.
+
+There are four archives stored in CVS with these tests: 
+
+GNU.a    - constructed on Linux with GNU ar
+MacOSX.a - constructed on Mac OS X with its native BSD4.4 ar
+SVR4.a   - constructed on Solaris with /usr/ccs/bin/ar
+xpg4.a   - constructed on Solaris with /usr/xpg4/bin/ar
+
+Each type of test is run on each of these archive files.  These archives each 
+contain four members:
+
+oddlen - a member with an odd lengthed name and content
+evenlen - a member with an even lengthed name and content
+IsNAN.o - a Linux native binary
+very_long_bytecode_file_name.bc - LLVM bytecode file with really long name
+
+These files test different aspects of the archiver that should cause failures
+in llvm-ar if regressions are introduced.