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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: new package build error: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in
	'configure.ac'
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:49:05 +0200
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Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@goebel-consult.de> writes:

> I try to build the asn1c package, see below. But this fails with the
> following error message.
>
> /gnu/store/…-automake-1.15/share/automake-1.15/am/ltlibrary.am:
> warning: 'libasn1compiler.la': linking libtool libraries using a non-POSIX
> archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in 'configure.ac'
>
> Is this a common issue?

I have never seen this before.  Have you tried patching “configure.ac”
as it says, adding “AM_PROG_AR” somewhere?

~~ Ricardo