* automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Added example for

	_AR.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-07-01  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+       * automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Added example for
+       _AR.
+
 2001-06-29  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
        * tests/cond11.test: Use `=', not `=='.

diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 1d0d58b5dc97be7a07b85594d484b54c896f4a37..45949328bc85bde0b06e4712bfd21d3d966e83ef 100644 (file)
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -1859,7 +1859,11 @@ followed by the name of the library and then the objects being put into
 the library.  You can override this by setting the @samp{_AR} variable.
 This is usually used with C++; some C++ compilers require a special
 invocation in order to instantiate all the templates which should go
-into a library.
+into a library.  For instance, the SGI C++ compiler likes this macro set
+like so:
+@example
+libmaude_a_AR = $(CXX) -ar -o
+@end example
 
 @item maude_LIBADD
 Extra objects can be added to a static library using the @samp{_LIBADD}