From d1643fbc82488d571af59cba8a9e11b8eb0aa210 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:27:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 1243: Build overrides configured AR setting

---
 configure.ac | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 28a5e9cb60..1fa14d4091 100644
--- 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)
-- 
2.47.2