-dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.113 2003/01/27 16:41:18 simonmar Exp $
+dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.114 2003/03/21 10:59:20 simonmar Exp $
dnl
dnl Extra autoconf macros for the Glasgow fptools
dnl
echo "You don't seem to have ar in your PATH...I have no idea how to make a library"
exit 1;
fi
-if $ArCmdRaw clqsZ conftest.a >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+dnl GNU ar needs special treatment: it appears to have problems with
+dnl object files with the same name if you use the 's' modifier, but
+dnl simple 'ar q' works fine, and doesn't need a separate ranlib.
+if $ArCmdRaw --version | grep 'GNU' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+ ArCmdArgs='q'
+ NeedRanLib=''
+elif $ArCmdRaw clqsZ conftest.a >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
ArCmdArgs="clqsZ"
NeedRanLib=''
elif $ArCmdRaw clqs conftest.a >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then