Commit e288730a authored by jperkin@production.mysql.com's avatar jperkin@production.mysql.com
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Fix bug#27520. For some unknown reason, libtool.m4 attempts 

to find "ar" but if it cannot be found sets AR=false.  This
leads to confusing failures during the build rather than at
configure time.

We have our own checks for ar, but as AR was already set
earlier by the libtool tests they were never exectuted.

Therefore, update the tests so that we catch any libtool
failures, and run AC_CHECK_PROG explicitly to ensure that we
see sensible output from configure prior to any potential
failure.
parent 01ad4893

config/ac-macros/misc.m4

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@@ -773,11 +773,8 @@ case $CXX_VERSION in 
    ARFLAGS="-xar -o"

  ;;

  *)

    if test -z "$AR"

    then

    AC_CHECK_PROG([AR], [ar], [ar])

    fi

    if test -z "$AR"

    if test -z "$AR" || test "$AR" = "false"

    then

      AC_MSG_ERROR([You need ar to build the library])

    fi