Look for '${host}-ar' before 'ar'.

This changes configure.ac to look for '${host}-ar' as set by
AC_CANONICAL_HOST before looking for the unprefixed 'ar'.
Useful when cross-compiling when all your binutils are prefixed.

Patch from moben at exherbo org via astrand at lysator liu se and
bz#2352.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5c9e0f87a6cd9686f24980c2a5fb4ec8b00e3362..606c7363bfe9cc3084b9d128e4d9d2e0a843c5f5 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_EGREP
-AC_PATH_PROG([AR], [ar])
+AC_CHECK_TOOLS([AR], [ar])
 AC_PATH_PROG([CAT], [cat])
 AC_PATH_PROG([KILL], [kill])
 AC_PATH_PROGS([PERL], [perl5 perl])