Check for ar (libtool bug)

[Schleicher Ralph (LLI)]

Hi,

libtool does not explicitly check for 'ar'.  If no other Autoconf
command checks for 'ar' before AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is processed, then
libtool uses AR=ar which fails when cross compiling.  Here is a
patch against libtool CVS together with a ChangeLog entry.


2003-02-20  Ralph Schleicher  <address@hidden>

        * libtool.m4 (AC_LIBTOOL_SETUP): Check for ar.


diff -u libtool-20030219/libtool.m4.orig libtool-20030219/libtool.m4
--- libtool-20030219/libtool.m4.orig    Tue Feb 18 18:12:39 2003
+++ libtool-20030219/libtool.m4 Thu Feb 20 16:27:55 2003
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
 ofile="$default_ofile"
 with_gnu_ld="$lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld"
 
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, false)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip, :)
 

-- 
Ralph