diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f93bb1..758514f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
-mac2ios: mac2ios.c
-	$(CC) -o mac2ios mac2ios.c
+CC ?= cc
+CFLAGS ?= -O2
+PYTHON ?= python3
+WARN_CFLAGS = -std=c11 -Werror=vla -pedantic -Wall -Wextra
 
+.PHONY: all check clean
+all: mac2ios ## Build the host archive metadata converter.
+
+mac2ios: mac2ios.c ar.h macho.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS) -o $@ mac2ios.c
+
+check: mac2ios ## Check version normalization and archive/payload preservation.
+	$(PYTHON) tests/test_mac2ios.py ./mac2ios
+
+clean: ## Remove the local tool binary.
+	rm -f mac2ios
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04ee6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# mac2ios
+
+`mac2ios FILE.a` rewrites platform version metadata in thin little-endian Mach-O
+archive members. The default modern platform is iOS (`2`); `-s` selects the iOS
+simulator (`7`). Legacy-only macOS minimum-version commands retain the existing
+conversion to `LC_VERSION_MIN_IPHONEOS`.
+
+When a member contains both a modern build-version command and legacy minimum
+commands, the converter retains the modern command and removes the legacy ones.
+It compacts only the load-command table, updates its header counts, and zeros the
+freed padding. Archive member lengths and section, relocation, and symbol offsets
+remain unchanged. Invalid command bounds fail before that member is written;
+earlier converted members are not rolled back if a later member fails.
+
+Build and run the metadata-only regression tests:
+
+```sh
+make
+make check
+```
+
+Tests cover x86_64 and ARM64 objects, both platform selections, mixed command
+orders, archive layout, payload preservation, malformed input, and idempotence.
+On macOS they also use Apple `nm` and `otool` to read the converted data. No
+Mach-O fixture is linked or executed. Set `MAC2IOS_REAL_OBJECT=/path/to/member.o`
+to include an additional real-member regression.
diff --git a/mac2ios.c b/mac2ios.c
index 7ba5338..fc06b67 100644
--- a/mac2ios.c
+++ b/mac2ios.c
@@ -1,151 +1,218 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "ar.h"
 #include "macho.h"
 
-
-void print_hdr(mach_header_64 *hdr) {
-    printf("magic:         %x\n", hdr->magic);
-    printf("cpu type:      %d\n", hdr->cputype);
-    printf("cpu subtype:   %d\n", hdr->cpusubtype);
-    printf("file type:     %d\n", hdr->filetype);
-    printf("Load Commands: %d\n", hdr->ncmds);
-    printf("LC size:       %d\n", hdr->sizeofcmds);
-    printf("flags:         %d\n", hdr->flags);
+/* Decode bytes instead of casting potentially unaligned archive members. */
+static uint32_t read_u32(const uint8_t *p) {
+    return (uint32_t)p[0] | (uint32_t)p[1] << 8 |
+           (uint32_t)p[2] << 16 | (uint32_t)p[3] << 24;
 }
 
-// 64kb. Load Commands are limited to 16kb.
-// the header is ~64bytes. So 64kb should be plenty.
-uint8_t buffer[64*1024];
-
-void patch_object(FILE *fp, size_t len, int platform) {
-    int pos = ftell(fp);
-
-    fread(buffer,sizeof(buffer),1,fp);
+static void write_u32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t value) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+        p[i] = (uint8_t)(value >> (i * 8));
+    }
+}
 
-    mach_header_64 *hdr = (mach_header_64*)buffer;
+static bool is_legacy_version(uint32_t command) {
+    return command == LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX ||
+           command == LC_VERSION_MIN_IPHONEOS ||
+           command == LC_VERSION_MIN_TVOS ||
+           command == LC_VERSION_MIN_WATCHOS;
+}
 
-    if (!(  hdr->magic == 0xfeedface      // 32-bit
-         || hdr->magic == 0xfeedfacf      // 64-bit
-         || hdr->magic == 0xcafebabe )) { // Universal
-      // Object is not Mach-O
-      fseek(fp, pos, SEEK_SET);
-      return;
+static int patch_object(FILE *fp, size_t len, uint32_t platform) {
+    uint8_t header[32];
+    uint8_t *commands = NULL;
+    long pos = ftell(fp);
+    size_t header_size, command_bytes, offset = 0, output_offset = 0;
+    uint32_t count, build_count = 0, removed = 0;
+    int result = 1;
+
+    if (pos < 0) return 1;
+    if (len < 4) return 0;
+    if (fread(header, 1, 4, fp) != 4) return 1;
+    switch (read_u32(header)) {
+    case 0xfeedfacf: header_size = 32; break;
+    case 0xfeedface: header_size = 28; break;
+    default: return 0; /* Non-Mach-O archive metadata is unchanged. */
     }
-
-    size_t offset = sizeof(mach_header_64);
-    load_command *cmd;
-    while(offset < sizeof(mach_header_64) + hdr->sizeofcmds) {
-        cmd = (load_command*)(buffer+offset);
-        switch(cmd->cmd) {
-            /* old style LC_VERSION_MIN_<platofrm> rewrites */
-            case LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX: {
-                cmd->cmd = LC_VERSION_MIN_IPHONEOS;
-                printf("Chaning LC_VERSION_MIN_ from: %d -> %d\n", LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX, LC_VERSION_MIN_IPHONEOS);
-                fseek(fp, pos+offset, SEEK_SET);
-                fwrite(buffer+offset, sizeof(struct build_version_command), 1, fp);
-                break;
-            }
-            /* new style LC_BUILD_VERSION rewrites */
-            case LC_BUILD_VERSION: {
-                struct build_version_command* bvc = (struct build_version_command*)(buffer+offset);
-                printf("Chaning platform from: %d -> %d\n", bvc->platform, platform);
-                bvc->platform = platform;
-                fseek(fp, pos+offset, SEEK_SET);
-                fwrite(buffer+offset, sizeof(struct build_version_command), 1, fp);
-                break;
+    if (len < header_size ||
+        fread(header + 4, 1, header_size - 4, fp) != header_size - 4) {
+        goto malformed;
+    }
+    count = read_u32(header + 16);
+    command_bytes = read_u32(header + 20);
+    if (command_bytes > len - header_size ||
+        count > command_bytes / sizeof(load_command)) {
+        goto malformed;
+    }
+    if (command_bytes == 0) return 0;
+    commands = malloc(command_bytes);
+    if (commands == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot allocate Mach-O load commands\n");
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (fread(commands, 1, command_bytes, fp) != command_bytes) goto malformed;
+
+    /* Validate the entire table before modifying any byte of this member. */
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+        uint32_t command, size;
+        if (offset > command_bytes || command_bytes - offset < 8) goto malformed;
+        command = read_u32(commands + offset);
+        size = read_u32(commands + offset + 4);
+        if (size < 8 || size % (header_size == 32 ? 8 : 4) != 0 ||
+            size > command_bytes - offset) goto malformed;
+        if (is_legacy_version(command) && size != sizeof(struct version_min_command)) {
+            goto malformed;
+        }
+        if (command == LC_BUILD_VERSION) {
+            if (size < sizeof(struct build_version_command) ||
+                read_u32(commands + offset + 20) !=
+                    (size - sizeof(struct build_version_command)) /
+                        sizeof(struct build_tool_version)) goto malformed;
+            ++build_count;
+        }
+        offset += size;
+    }
+    if (offset != command_bytes || build_count > 1) goto malformed;
+
+    offset = 0;
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+        uint32_t command = read_u32(commands + offset);
+        uint32_t size = read_u32(commands + offset + 4);
+        if (build_count != 0 && is_legacy_version(command)) {
+            ++removed;
+        } else {
+            memmove(commands + output_offset, commands + offset, size);
+            if (command == LC_BUILD_VERSION) {
+                write_u32(commands + output_offset + 8, platform);
+            } else if (command == LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX) {
+                write_u32(commands + output_offset, LC_VERSION_MIN_IPHONEOS);
             }
-            default: break;
+            output_offset += size;
         }
-        offset += cmd->cmdsize;
+        offset += size;
+    }
+    /* Leave section, relocation and symbol data at their original file offsets.
+     * Mixed macOS/Mac Catalyst inputs need only one version family on iOS. */
+    memset(commands + output_offset, 0, command_bytes - output_offset);
+    write_u32(header + 16, count - removed);
+    write_u32(header + 20, (uint32_t)output_offset);
+    if (fseek(fp, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0 ||
+        fwrite(header, 1, header_size, fp) != header_size ||
+        fwrite(commands, 1, command_bytes, fp) != command_bytes) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot write Mach-O load commands\n");
+        goto done;
     }
-    fseek(fp, pos, SEEK_SET);
+    result = 0;
+    goto done;
+
+malformed:
+    fprintf(stderr, "Malformed Mach-O load commands\n");
+done:
+    free(commands);
+    return result;
 }
 
-uint32_t parse_ar_size(char *s, size_t maxlen) {
-    uint32_t ret = 0;
-    for(size_t i = 0; i < maxlen; i++) {
-        if(s[i] < 48 || s[i] > 57) break;
-        ret = ret * 10 + s[i] - 48;
+static int parse_ar_size(const char *s, size_t maxlen, size_t *value) {
+    size_t result = 0, i = 0;
+    bool have_digit = false;
+    while (i < maxlen && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') {
+        size_t digit = (size_t)(s[i] - '0');
+        if (result > (SIZE_MAX - digit) / 10) return 1;
+        result = result * 10 + digit;
+        have_digit = true;
+        ++i;
     }
-    return ret;
+    for (; i < maxlen; ++i) {
+        if (s[i] != ' ') return 1;
+    }
+    if (!have_digit) return 1;
+    *value = result;
+    return 0;
 }
 
-int parse_archive(FILE *fp, int platform) {
-    int pos = ftell(fp);
-
+static int parse_archive(FILE *fp, uint32_t platform) {
     char magic[8];
-    fread(&magic,sizeof(magic), 1, fp);
-    if(0 != strncmp(magic, "!<arch>\n",8)) {
-        printf("Doesn't look like an archive. Should start with '!<arch>\\n'\n");
+    long archive_end;
+    if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END) != 0 || (archive_end = ftell(fp)) < 0 ||
+        fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0 || fread(magic, 1, 8, fp) != 8 ||
+        memcmp(magic, "!<arch>\n", 8) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Doesn't look like an archive (expected !<arch>)\n");
         return 1;
     }
-
-    ar_header entry;
-    char ident[128];
-    while(fread(&entry, sizeof(ar_header), 1, fp)) {
-        size_t payload = parse_ar_size(entry.size, 10);
-        // check if the identifiaction is > 16 chars.
-        if(0 == strncmp(entry.ident, "#1/", 3)) {
-            int ident_len = parse_ar_size(entry.ident+3, 16-3);
-            fread(&ident, ident_len, 1, fp);
-            payload -= ident_len;
+    while (ftell(fp) < archive_end) {
+        ar_header entry;
+        char ident[128] = {0};
+        size_t payload, ident_len = 0;
+        long data_pos, member_end;
+        if (fread(&entry, 1, sizeof(entry), fp) != sizeof(entry) ||
+            memcmp(entry.end, "`\n", 2) != 0 ||
+            parse_ar_size(entry.size, sizeof(entry.size), &payload) != 0 ||
+            (data_pos = ftell(fp)) < 0 || data_pos > archive_end ||
+            payload > (size_t)(archive_end - data_pos)) goto malformed;
+        member_end = data_pos + (long)payload;
+        if ((payload & 1) != 0 && member_end == archive_end) goto malformed;
+        if (memcmp(entry.ident, "#1/", 3) == 0) {
+            size_t shown;
+            if (parse_ar_size(entry.ident + 3, sizeof(entry.ident) - 3, &ident_len) != 0 ||
+                ident_len > payload) goto malformed;
+            shown = ident_len < sizeof(ident) - 1 ? ident_len : sizeof(ident) - 1;
+            if (fread(ident, 1, shown, fp) != shown ||
+                fseek(fp, data_pos + (long)ident_len, SEEK_SET) != 0) goto malformed;
         } else {
-            strncpy(ident, entry.ident, 16);
+            memcpy(ident, entry.ident, sizeof(entry.ident));
         }
-        printf("%6zu %s\n", payload, ident);
-        // skip the __.SYMDEF and __.SYMDEF SORTED files.
-        if(0 != strncmp(ident, "__.SYMDEF", 9))
-            patch_object(fp, payload, platform);
-        fseek(fp, payload, SEEK_CUR);
+        printf("%6zu %s\n", payload - ident_len, ident);
+        if (strncmp(ident, "__.SYMDEF", 9) != 0 &&
+            patch_object(fp, payload - ident_len, platform) != 0) return 1;
+        /* ar pads odd-sized members; never consume bytes from the next member. */
+        if ((payload & 1) != 0) ++member_end;
+        if (fseek(fp, member_end, SEEK_SET) != 0) return 1;
     }
-    fseek(fp, pos, SEEK_SET);
-    return 0;
+    return ferror(fp) ? 1 : 0;
+malformed:
+    fprintf(stderr, "Malformed archive member\n");
+    return 1;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
-
-    opterr = 0;
-    int c;
-    int platform = PLATFORM_IOS;
-
-    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hs")) != -1) {
-        switch (c)
-        {
-        case 'h':
-            printf("mac2ios -- tool to rewrite the platform in object files\n");
-            printf("Usage: mac2ios FILE\n");
-            printf(" -h show this help message\n");
-            printf(" -s set platform to IOSSIMULATOR\n");
-            printf(" by default we set IOS\n");
-            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
-        case 's':
-            platform = PLATFORM_IOSSIMULATOR;
-            break;
-        default:
-            break;
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    int argument = 1;
+    uint32_t platform = PLATFORM_IOS;
+    FILE *fp;
+    int result;
+
+    while (argument < argc && argv[argument][0] == '-' && argv[argument][1] != '\0') {
+        const char *option = argv[argument] + 1;
+        ++argument;
+        if (strcmp(option, "-") == 0) break;
+        for (; *option != '\0'; ++option) {
+            switch (*option) {
+            case 'h':
+                printf("mac2ios -- rewrite platform metadata in object archives\n"
+                       "Usage: mac2ios [-s] FILE\n"
+                       " -s set LC_BUILD_VERSION to IOSSIMULATOR (default IOS)\n");
+                return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+            case 's': platform = PLATFORM_IOSSIMULATOR; break;
+            default: return EXIT_FAILURE;
+            }
         }
     }
-
-    FILE *ptr;
-
-    if(optind == argc) {
-        printf("expecting FILE argument.");
+    if (argument + 1 != argc) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Expected one archive FILE argument\n");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
-
-    ptr = fopen(argv[optind],"rb+");
-    if(NULL == ptr) {
-        printf("Failed to open %s\n", argv[1]);
+    fp = fopen(argv[argument], "rb+");
+    if (fp == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", argv[argument]);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
-
-    int ret = parse_archive(ptr, platform);
-    fclose(ptr);
-
-    return ret;
+    result = parse_archive(fp, platform);
+    if (fclose(fp) != 0) result = 1;
+    return result;
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_mac2ios.py b/tests/test_mac2ios.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b6eb58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_mac2ios.py
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Metadata-only regression tests: no Mach-O fixture is linked or executed."""
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import struct
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+TOOL = Path(sys.argv.pop(1)).resolve()
+REAL_OBJECT = os.environ.get("MAC2IOS_REAL_OBJECT")
+CPUS = (0x01000007, 0x0100000C)
+LEGACY = {0x24, 0x25, 0x2F, 0x30}
+BUILD = 0x32
+
+
+def u32(data, offset):
+    return struct.unpack_from("<I", data, offset)[0]
+
+
+def legacy():
+    return struct.pack("<4I", 0x24, 16, 0x000A0700, 0x000E0400)
+
+
+def modern(tools=True):
+    command = struct.pack("<6I", BUILD, 32 if tools else 24,
+                          6, 0x000D0100, 0x00110400, int(tools))
+    return command + (struct.pack("<2I", 1, 0x00150108) if tools else b"")
+
+
+def object_bytes(cpu, versions):
+    # A valid data-only MH_OBJECT with an external symbol, section and symtab.
+    command_size = 152 + sum(map(len, versions)) + 24
+    data_offset = 32 + command_size
+    payload = bytes(range(32))
+    symbol_offset = data_offset + len(payload)
+    strings = b"\0_fixture\0"
+    string_offset = symbol_offset + 16
+    header = struct.pack("<8I", 0xFEEDFACF, cpu, 3 if cpu == CPUS[0] else 0,
+                         1, 2 + len(versions), command_size, 0, 0)
+    segment = struct.pack("<2I16s4Q4I", 0x19, 152, b"", 0, len(payload),
+                          data_offset, len(payload), 7, 3, 1, 0)
+    section = struct.pack("<16s16s2Q8I", b"__data", b"__DATA", 0, len(payload),
+                          data_offset, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    symtab = struct.pack("<6I", 2, 24, symbol_offset, 1, string_offset, len(strings))
+    symbol = struct.pack("<IBBHQ", 1, 0x0F, 1, 0, 0)
+    return header + segment + section + b"".join(versions) + symtab + payload + symbol + strings
+
+
+def load_commands(data):
+    count, size = struct.unpack_from("<2I", data, 16)
+    result, offset = [], 32
+    for _ in range(count):
+        command, length = struct.unpack_from("<2I", data, offset)
+        assert length >= 8 and offset + length <= 32 + size
+        result.append((command, offset, data[offset:offset + length]))
+        offset += length
+    assert offset == 32 + size
+    return result
+
+
+def archive(members):
+    result = bytearray(b"!<arch>\n")
+    offsets = []
+    for name, data in members:
+        # BSD extended names include NUL padding, as actual Darwin ar emits.
+        encoded = name.encode() + b"\0"
+        encoded += b"\0" * (-len(encoded) % 8)
+        body = encoded + data
+        header = (f"#1/{len(encoded)}".ljust(16) + "0".ljust(12) +
+                  "0".ljust(6) + "0".ljust(6) + "644".ljust(8) +
+                  str(len(body)).ljust(10) + "`\n").encode()
+        assert len(header) == 60
+        offsets.append((len(result) + 60 + len(encoded), len(data)))
+        result += header + body + (b"\n" if len(body) % 2 else b"")
+    return bytes(result), offsets
+
+
+class ConverterTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.temp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(self.temp.cleanup)
+        self.root = Path(self.temp.name)
+
+    def convert(self, original, simulator=False, success=True):
+        path = self.root / "fixture.a"
+        path.write_bytes(original)
+        result = subprocess.run([str(TOOL), *(["-s"] if simulator else []), str(path)],
+                                capture_output=True, timeout=10)
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode == 0, success, result.stderr.decode())
+        return path.read_bytes()
+
+    def check_object(self, before, after, platform):
+        self.assertEqual(len(before), len(after))
+        old_commands, new_commands = load_commands(before), load_commands(after)
+        old_size, new_size = u32(before, 20), u32(after, 20)
+        builds = [c for c in new_commands if c[0] == BUILD]
+        old_builds = [c for c in old_commands if c[0] == BUILD]
+        legacies = [c for c in new_commands if c[0] in LEGACY]
+        if old_builds:
+            self.assertEqual(len(builds), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(legacies, [])
+            self.assertEqual(u32(builds[0][2], 8), platform)
+            self.assertEqual(builds[0][2][12:], old_builds[0][2][12:])
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(builds, [])
+            self.assertTrue(all(c[0] == 0x25 for c in legacies))
+        # All unrelated load commands and every byte outside the command table
+        # retain their original offsets/content, including section/symtab fields.
+        self.assertEqual([c[2] for c in new_commands if c[0] not in LEGACY | {BUILD}],
+                         [c[2] for c in old_commands if c[0] not in LEGACY | {BUILD}])
+        self.assertEqual(after[32 + old_size:], before[32 + old_size:])
+        self.assertEqual(after[32 + new_size:32 + old_size], b"\0" * (old_size - new_size))
+        self.assertEqual(before[:16], after[:16])
+        self.assertEqual(before[24:32], after[24:32])
+
+    def apple_accepts(self, data):
+        if sys.platform != "darwin" or not shutil.which("xcrun"):
+            return
+        path = self.root / "data-only.o"
+        path.write_bytes(data)
+        for tool, args in (("nm", ["-g"]), ("otool", ["-l"])):
+            result = subprocess.run(["xcrun", tool, *args, str(path)],
+                                    capture_output=True, timeout=10)
+            self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr.decode())
+            self.assertNotIn(b"malformed", result.stderr)
+
+    def test_both_cpus_and_version_orders(self):
+        for cpu in CPUS:
+            for versions in ([legacy()], [modern()], [legacy(), modern()],
+                             [modern(), legacy()], [legacy(), modern(False)],
+                             [modern(False), legacy()]):
+                for simulator in (False, True):
+                    with self.subTest(cpu=cpu, versions=len(versions), simulator=simulator):
+                        obj = object_bytes(cpu, versions)
+                        original, ((offset, length),) = archive([("fixture.o", obj)])
+                        changed = self.convert(original, simulator)
+                        self.assertEqual(changed[:offset], original[:offset])
+                        self.assertEqual(changed[offset + length:], original[offset + length:])
+                        output = changed[offset:offset + length]
+                        self.check_object(obj, output, 7 if simulator else 2)
+                        self.apple_accepts(output)
+                        self.apple_accepts(changed)
+                        self.assertEqual(self.convert(changed, simulator), changed)
+
+    def test_missing_version_is_unchanged(self):
+        for cpu in CPUS:
+            original, _ = archive([("no-version.o", object_bytes(cpu, []))])
+            self.assertEqual(self.convert(original), original)
+
+    def test_archive_layout_and_odd_member_padding(self):
+        one = object_bytes(CPUS[0], [legacy(), modern()])
+        two = object_bytes(CPUS[1], [modern(), legacy()])
+        original, offsets = archive([("__.SYMDEF SORTED", b"index"),
+                                     ("odd-data", b"abc"), ("one.o", one), ("two.o", two)])
+        changed = self.convert(original)
+        expected = bytearray(original)
+        for (offset, length), obj in zip(offsets[2:], (one, two)):
+            self.check_object(obj, changed[offset:offset + length], 2)
+            expected[offset:offset + length] = changed[offset:offset + length]
+        self.assertEqual(changed, bytes(expected))
+        self.assertEqual(self.convert(changed), changed)
+
+    def test_malformed_commands_leave_failing_member_unchanged(self):
+        obj = object_bytes(CPUS[0], [legacy(), modern()])
+        variants = []
+        def corrupt(offset, value):
+            data = bytearray(obj)
+            struct.pack_into("<I", data, offset, value)
+            variants.append(bytes(data))
+        corrupt(20, len(obj))                  # Table extends past member.
+        corrupt(16, 3)                         # Command count leaves table bytes.
+        corrupt(16, 1000)                      # Impossible command count.
+        corrupt(32 + 4, 151)                   # Unaligned command size.
+        corrupt(32 + 4, 0)                     # Zero-sized command.
+        corrupt(32 + 4, len(obj))              # Oversized command.
+        corrupt(32 + 152 + 4, 8)               # Truncated legacy command.
+        corrupt(32 + 152 + 16 + 20, 100)       # Invalid ntools.
+        corrupt(32 + 152 + 16 + 4, 16)         # Truncated modern command.
+        variants.append(object_bytes(CPUS[0], [modern(), modern()]))
+        variants.append(obj[:24])              # Truncated Mach-O header.
+        for malformed in variants:
+            with self.subTest(length=len(malformed), sha=malformed[-4:].hex()):
+                original, _ = archive([("bad.o", malformed)])
+                self.assertEqual(self.convert(original, success=False), original)
+        # A failure after an earlier member was normalized is not an archive-wide
+        # transaction; the failing member and its header/padding still stay intact.
+        original, offsets = archive([("good.o", obj), ("bad.o", variants[0])])
+        changed = self.convert(original, success=False)
+        bad_start = offsets[1][0] - 60 - 8  # BSD name occupies eight bytes.
+        self.assertEqual(changed[bad_start:], original[bad_start:])
+
+    def test_archive_member_bounds(self):
+        obj = object_bytes(CPUS[0], [legacy()])
+        original, _ = archive([("fixture.o", obj)])
+        odd, _ = archive([("fixture.o", obj + b"x")])
+        for malformed in (original[:-1], original[:30], original[:8] + b"short", odd[:-1]):
+            self.assertEqual(self.convert(malformed, success=False), malformed)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(REAL_OBJECT, "set MAC2IOS_REAL_OBJECT for the artifact-copy regression")
+    def test_real_compiler_rt_member(self):
+        obj = Path(REAL_OBJECT).read_bytes()
+        original, ((offset, length),) = archive([("absvdi2.c.o", obj)])
+        changed = self.convert(original)
+        output = changed[offset:offset + length]
+        self.check_object(obj, output, 2)
+        self.apple_accepts(output)
+        self.apple_accepts(changed)
+        self.assertEqual(self.convert(changed), changed)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)