Re: Check for ar (libtool bug)

Ralph,

Typically we define things to ":" when they are not
found.  If we change your patch to
AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, :), does it still work to fix
the problem you ran into?

Robert

"Schleicher Ralph (LLI)" wrote:
> 
> 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  <rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>         * 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
> 
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