diff -urd a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4 --- a/aclocal.m4 +++ b/aclocal.m4 @@ -1199,7 +1199,8 @@ # thinks that target == host so it never checks the unqualified # tools for Windows. See #14274. AC_DEFUN([FP_PROG_AR], -[if test -z "$fp_prog_ar"; then +[AC_SUBST(fp_prog_ar,$AR) +if test -z "$fp_prog_ar"; then if test "$HostOS" = "mingw32" then AC_PATH_PROG([fp_prog_ar], [ar]) diff -urd a/configure b/configure --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -10744,6 +10744,8 @@ test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644' +fp_prog_ar=$AR + if test -z "$fp_prog_ar"; then if test "$HostOS" = "mingw32" then