Use AC_CHECK_TOOL to find ar.

On some platforms, such as at least some versions of HP-UX, AR isn't
automatically set by make.

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7f7658472e603b1a074559f2a40adf0011857bdb..4f997280e9255354ace16457ce3086f5e30ab925 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ VPATH = @srcdir@
 #
 
 CC = @CC@
+AR = @AR@
 MKDEP = @MKDEP@
 PROG = tcpdump
 CCOPT = @V_CCOPT@

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1356816caf96433388b0e5b775914a07c892d5e2..667109a6f6a8601c3d753f4ab3be722785d8d950 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ V_DEFS
 V_CCOPT
 MKDEP
 DEPENDENCY_CFLAG
+AR
 RANLIB
 PCAP_CONFIG
 LIBOBJS
@@ -7468,6 +7469,98 @@ else
   RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
 fi
 
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_AR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_AR="$AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_AR="${ac_tool_prefix}ar"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+AR=$ac_cv_prog_AR
+if test -n "$AR"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $AR" >&5
+$as_echo "$AR" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR"; then
+  ac_ct_AR=$AR
+  # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="$ac_ct_AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="ar"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_AR=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR
+if test -n "$ac_ct_AR"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_AR" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_AR" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_AR" = x; then
+    AR=""
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    AR=$ac_ct_AR
+  fi
+else
+  AR="$ac_cv_prog_AR"
+fi
+
 
 rm -f os-proto.h
     if test "${LBL_CFLAGS+set}" = set; then

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 08fac5d2abdae7806269aa6153071f5b607647c2..fa816538cc6eb2cf15366b0f968fd9cbb62f243d 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pcap/usb.h,,,[#include <tcpdump-stdinc.h>])
 CPPFLAGS="$savedcppflags"
 
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar])
 
 AC_LBL_DEVEL(V_CCOPT)