From 87a76294c46731610f233127bde3e11286f6d230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Yury V. Zaytsev" <yury@shurup.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:18:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] buildsys: fix ar check by doing it before toolchain checks
 implicitly looking for ar

Signed-off-by: Yury V. Zaytsev <yury@shurup.com>
---
 configure.ac | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a18defa63..e3d89eac4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ dnl ############################################################################
 dnl Check for compiler
 dnl ############################################################################
 
+dnl This should be checked before toolchain macros, otherwise they will remember
+dnl that ar cannot be found and linking via libtool will fail at a later stage
+AC_CHECK_TOOLS([AR], [ar gar])
+
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 
@@ -211,8 +215,7 @@ dnl ############################################################################
 dnl Check for other tools
 dnl ############################################################################
 
-AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar)
-AC_CHECK_TOOL(INDENT, gindent, indent)
+AC_CHECK_TOOLS([INDENT], [gindent indent])
 mc_UNIT_TESTS