Bug 1243: Build overrides configured AR setting

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 28a5e9cb6025a61ab86932b2db0fcc555e3883c6..1fa14d4091dddb22a73b44dd8d9414799f88f8b4 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2256,8 +2256,10 @@ case "$host" in
        ;;
 esac
 
-dnl set $(AR)
-AC_PATH_PROG(AR, ar, $FALSE)
+dnl set $(AR) if not provided by the build environment
+if test "x$AR" = "x"; then
+  AC_PATH_PROG(AR, ar, $FALSE)
+fi
 AR_R="$AR r"
 case "$host" in
        *-next-nextstep3)