Re: [PATCH] add new AC_PROG_AR helper

Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:22:10 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches
Message-ID	<YeegAh253VhQ403k@vapier>

On 22 Feb 2021 11:26, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:15 AM Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > This mirrors the existing RANLIB and related toolchain macros that
> > autoconf already exports.  Some projects assume `ar` is available
> > which isn't always safe, so provide a macro that probes the full
> > toolchain settings.
> >
> > This also makes it easier to use AC_REQUIRE with the macro instead
> > of duplicating the AC_CHECK_TOOL call in projects.
> 
> LGTM.  Could you please check whether there is code in automake and/or
> libtool that is now redundant to this macro?

are there plans to merge this ?
-mike

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