Re: [patch] allow using standard ar from the build ini files instead of 'ar' string

2022-02-28 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:54:28AM -0500, aisha wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached a patch, from Gentoo, which uses the *ar* binary passed to > meson when available, instead of 'ar', which may not be available, for > instance when cross compiling, or having multiple gcc versions present, like > in Gen

Re: [patch] allow using standard ar from the build ini files instead of 'ar' string

2022-02-28 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:54:28AM -0500, aisha wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached a patch, from Gentoo, which uses the *ar* binary passed to > meson when available, instead of 'ar', which may not be available, for > instance when cross compiling, or having multiple gcc versions present, like > in Gen

Re: [patch] allow using standard ar from the build ini files instead of 'ar' string

2022-02-28 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:54:28 -0500 aisha wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached a patch, from Gentoo, which uses the *ar* binary passed to > meson when available, instead of 'ar', which may not be available, for > instance when cross compiling, or having multiple gcc versions present, > like in Gento

[patch] allow using standard ar from the build ini files instead of 'ar' string

2022-02-28 Thread aisha
Hi, I've attached a patch, from Gentoo, which uses the *ar* binary passed to meson when available, instead of 'ar', which may not be available, for instance when cross compiling, or having multiple gcc versions present, like in Gentoo. This should not have any regressions, as when the binary