TL;DR: This patch updates configure.ac and Makefile.in in libcpp and
libdecnumber to substitute AR archiver.
AIX supports "FAT" libraries containing 32 bit and 64 bit objects
(similar to Darwin), but commands for manipulating libraries do not
default to accept both 32 bit and 64 bit object files. While updating
the AIX configuration to support building and running GCC as a 64 bit
application, I have encountered some build libraries that hard code
AR=ar instead of testing the environment.
This patch adds AR_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar) to configure.ac for the two
libraries and updates Makefile.in to accept the substitution.
Bootstrapped on powerpc64le-ibm-linux-gnu.
Okay?
Thanks, David
libcpp/
* Makefile.in (AR): Substitute @AR@.
* configure.ac (CHECK_PROG AR): New.
* configure: Regenerate.
libdecnumber/
* Makefile.in (AR): Substitute @AR@.
* configure.ac (CHECK_PROG AR): New.
* configure: Regenerate.
diff --git a/libcpp/Makefile.in b/libcpp/Makefile.in
index ebbca07..5fbba9b 100644
--- a/libcpp/Makefile.in
+++ b/libcpp/Makefile.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ srcdir = @srcdir@
top_builddir = .
VPATH = @srcdir@
INSTALL = @INSTALL@
-AR = ar
+AR = @AR@
ARFLAGS = cru
ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
AUTOCONF = @AUTOCONF@
diff --git a/libcpp/configure.ac b/libcpp/configure.ac
index 540efeb..1efa96f 100644
--- a/libcpp/configure.ac
+++ b/libcpp/configure.ac
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_CXX
AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
diff --git a/libdecnumber/Makefile.in b/libdecnumber/Makefile.in
index 9260b48..9da028d 100644
--- a/libdecnumber/Makefile.in
+++ b/libdecnumber/Makefile.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ srcdir = @srcdir@
top_builddir = .
VPATH = @srcdir@
INSTALL = @INSTALL@
-AR = ar
+AR = @AR@
ARFLAGS = cru
ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
AUTOCONF = @AUTOCONF@
diff --git a/libdecnumber/configure.ac b/libdecnumber/configure.ac
index de7e008..ae475a0 100644
--- a/libdecnumber/configure.ac
+++ b/libdecnumber/configure.ac
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)
AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
MISSING=`cd $ac_aux_dir && ${PWDCMD-pwd}`/missing
AC_CHECK_PROGS([ACLOCAL], [aclocal], [$MISSING aclocal])
