* configure.in: Call AC_CHECK_PROG to find and cache AR.

	* configure: Rebuilt.

3 files changed, 48 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index b199e06..e803efc 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Nov  7 13:48:58 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* configure.in: Call AC_CHECK_PROG to find and cache AR.
+	* configure: Rebuilt.
+
 	* aclocal.m4 (BFD_CC_FOR_BUILD): Don't define CC_FOR_BUILD if it
 	is defined in the environment.
 
diff --git a/bfd/configure b/bfd/configure
index 5648107..3ba179d 100755
--- a/bfd/configure
+++ b/bfd/configure
@@ -589,7 +589,33 @@ rm -f conftest*
 
 
 
-AR=${AR-ar}
+# Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AR'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  if test -n "$AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_AR="$AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
+  for ac_dir in $PATH; do
+    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
+      ac_cv_prog_AR="ar"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR" && ac_cv_prog_AR=":"
+fi
+fi
+AR="$ac_cv_prog_AR"
+if test -n "$AR"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""$AR" 1>&6
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
 
 # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
@@ -687,7 +713,7 @@ else
   ac_cv_c_cross=yes
 else
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 691 "configure"
+#line 717 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 main(){return(0);}
 EOF
@@ -704,10 +730,12 @@ cross_compiling=$ac_cv_c_cross
 echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_c_cross" 1>&6
 
 # Put a plausible default for CC_FOR_BUILD in Makefile.
-if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xno"; then
-  CC_FOR_BUILD='$(CC)'
-else
-  CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc
+if test -z "$CC_FOR_BUILD"; then
+  if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xno"; then
+    CC_FOR_BUILD='$(CC)'
+  else
+    CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc
+  fi
 fi
 
 
@@ -726,7 +754,7 @@ else
   # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser,
   # not just through cpp.
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 730 "configure"
+#line 758 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
@@ -740,7 +768,7 @@ else
   rm -rf conftest*
   CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp"
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 744 "configure"
+#line 772 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
@@ -773,7 +801,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 777 "configure"
+#line 805 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <$ac_hdr>
 EOF
@@ -809,7 +837,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 813 "configure"
+#line 841 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <$ac_hdr>
 EOF
@@ -844,7 +872,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_$ac_func'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 848 "configure"
+#line 876 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -902,7 +930,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'bfd_cv_decl_needed_malloc'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 906 "configure"
+#line 934 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -941,7 +969,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'bfd_cv_decl_needed_free'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 945 "configure"
+#line 973 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1232,7 +1260,7 @@ EOF
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1236 "configure"
+#line 1264 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <sys/procfs.h>
 int main() { return 0; }
@@ -1518,7 +1546,7 @@ else
   ac_cv_func_mmap=no
 else
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1522 "configure"
+#line 1550 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 /* Thanks to Mike Haertel and Jim Avera for this test. */
@@ -1617,7 +1645,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_$ac_func'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1621 "configure"
+#line 1649 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
diff --git a/bfd/configure.in b/bfd/configure.in
index 3508aed..8b18868 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.in
+++ b/bfd/configure.in
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ target64=false
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(HDEFINES)
-AR=${AR-ar}
-AC_SUBST(AR)
+AC_CHECK_PROG(AR, ar, ar, :)
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_INSTALL