scripts/build/combine_libs: use $AR rather than ar

Using a custom ar at $AR may be necessary for cross-compilation.

Closes #40369

Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet@torproject.org>

diff --git a/changes/ticket40369 b/changes/ticket40369
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..b08088c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket40369
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+  o Minor feature (build, cross-compilation):
+    - Allow a custom ar for cross-compilation purposes. Closes ticket 40369.

diff --git a/scripts/build/combine_libs b/scripts/build/combine_libs
index fb311552feecbcbb5a550a918587f530b6e9a335..9c87f68248b68f922e85b64562cecd9654e5cf39 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/build/combine_libs
+++ b/scripts/build/combine_libs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for input in "$@"; do
     dir="$TMPDIR"/$(basename "$input" .a)
     mkdir "$dir"
     cd "$dir">/dev/null
-    ar x "$abs"
+    "${AR:-ar}" x "$abs"
 done
 
 cd "$TMPDIR" >/dev/null