Re: [PATCH] add new AC_PROG_AR helper

[Zack Weinberg]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, at 12:22 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2021 11:26, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:15 AM Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> > This mirrors the existing RANLIB and related toolchain macros that
>> > autoconf already exports.  Some projects assume `ar` is available
>> > which isn't always safe, so provide a macro that probes the full
>> > toolchain settings.
>> >
>> > This also makes it easier to use AC_REQUIRE with the macro instead
>> > of duplicating the AC_CHECK_TOOL call in projects.
>> 
>> LGTM.  Could you please check whether there is code in automake and/or
>> libtool that is now redundant to this macro?
>
> are there plans to merge this ?

Sorry about that, I thought you would merge it yourself (do you not have
commit access for autoconf?)  It's merged now.  I had to add a change to
tests/local.at to allow AR to be set.

Did you ever get around to checking whether there was code in automake and/or
libtool that is now redundant to this macro?

zw